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chickweed

noun chick·weed \-ˌwēd\

Definition of CHICKWEED

:  any of various low-growing small-leaved weedy plants of the pink family (especially genera Cerastium and Stellaria); especially :  a cosmopolitan weed (Stelleria media) naturalized in the United States from Eurasia
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First Known Use of CHICKWEED

14th century
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