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chickweed
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈtʃɪk.wiːd/ us /ˈtʃɪk.wiːd/
a low wild plant with small leaves and white flowers that is often considered as a weed, but is also used as food and in traditional medicine:
We started pulling out the chickweed, which had taken over the garden and was crowding out our carrot crop.
For lunch I had a salad with beets, chickweed, and mustard greens.
Chickweeds have notched petals.
You may think you have eradicated chickweed from your garden, but the seeds can lie dormant for a long time before they sprout again.
The chickweed had migrated over the seasons and was now sprouting from between the cracks in the patio.
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Synonym
stitchwort
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