chickweed

1. Any of various plants of the genus Stellaria (synset 111838383)
   is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
   subtypes:

   • common chickweed, stellaria media - a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
   • greater stitchwort, starwort, stellaria holostea, stitchwort - low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
   belongs to: genus stellaria, stellaria - common chickweed; stitchwort
2. Any of various plants related to the common chickweed (synset 111827577)
   is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
   subtypes:

   • cerastium arvense, field chickweed, field mouse-ear - densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone
   • cerastium tomentosum, love-in-a-mist, snow-in-summer - chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers
   • alpine mouse-ear, arctic mouse-ear, cerastium alpinum - widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe
   belongs to: cerastium, genus cerastium - mouse-eared chickweed
   same as: clammy chickweed, mouse ear, mouse eared chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed

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