NOUN | plant | chickweed | any of various plants of the genus Stellaria |
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plant | chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed, mouse eared chickweed, mouse ear, clammy chickweed | any of various plants related to the common chickweed |
Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Stellaria. | |
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Member of | Stellaria, genus Stellaria | common chickweed |
Narrower | common chickweed, Stellaria media | A common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers |
stitchwort, greater stitchwort, starwort, Stellaria holostea | low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers | |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
Meaning | Any of various plants related to the common chickweed. | |
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Synonyms | mouse-ear chickweed, mouse eared chickweed, mouse ear, clammy chickweed | |
Member of | Cerastium, genus Cerastium | mouse-eared chickweed |
Narrower | Alpine mouse-ear, Arctic mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinum | widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe |
field chickweed, field mouse-ear, Cerastium arvense | densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone | |
snow-in-summer, love-in-a-mist, Cerastium tomentosum | chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers | |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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