winterweed
nounEtymology From winter + weed.
› Various small weeds that grow in winter
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Usually common chickweed (Stellaria media)
- WINTERWEED Stellaria media (L.) Cyrill The large Pink family has representatives in nearly every part of the world. Some of them are valuable ornamental plants and others are troublesome weeds.1936, Fieldbook of Illinois Wild Flowers:
- BLOOMS: early spring through fall Other common names for this plant include bird seed, starweed, and winterweed. That the seeds are eaten by several species of birds accounts for the name bird seed.1984, Laura C. Martin, Wildflower Folklore, page 92:
1 more example
- Chickweed – Starwort, Winterweed (Stellaria media) - Annual or biennial2013, Bill Church, Medicinal Plants, Trees & Shrubs of Appalachia, page 14:
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Usually Veronica hederifolia, a speedwell.
- V. hederæfolia, L. (Ivy-leaved Speedwell. Winterweed.)1888, James Madison Gore Carter, A Synopsis of the Medical Botany of the United States, page 80:
- V. hederifolia, L. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. 3 — 8. Common in fields and by waysides. Popular name Winterweed.1888, Francis William Galpin, An Account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns and Allies of Harleston:
- Synonyms
- chickweed, common chickweed, chickenwort, craches, maruns, starweed, starwort, ivy-leaved speedwell