chickweed

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.; especially common chickweed (Stellaria media), a common, edible weed in North America and Europe. uncountable,usually
    — I look at the little sprigs of chickweed trembling among the bean shoots and I am strangely moved. Such steadfastness! Such yearning! They want to live too. That is all they ask: to have their little moment in the world.
  2. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.; Stellaria pro parte uncountable,usually
  3. Any of several small-leaved herbs of the genera Cerastium and Stellaria.; Cerastium (mouse-ear chickweed) uncountable,usually
  4. Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species:; Ageratum conyzoides uncountable,usually
  5. Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species:; Holosteum (jagged chickweed) uncountable,usually
  6. Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species:; Moenchia (upright chickweed) uncountable,usually
  7. Other plants of similar appearance and habit, including those of species:; Paronychia spp. (nailwort, whitlow-wort) uncountable,usually

词形变化

chickweeds plural chick-weed alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
chickweed wintergreen mouse-eared chickweed red chickweed sea chickweed

词源

From Middle English chykwed, chykewode, chike wed, chikewed, chekwede, a variant of chykynwede, chekyn-wede, cheken-wede (literally “chicken-weed”), equivalent to chick + weed.
Etymonline claims the name was apparently applied to many plants fit for chicken feed, which were called in Old English cicene mete (“chicken food”).
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