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Webster 1913 Edition
Winterweed
Win′ter-weedˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A kind of speedwell (
Veronica hederifolia
) which spreads chiefly in winter. Dr. Prior.
Definition 2024
winterweed
winterweed
English
Noun
winterweed (usually uncountable, plural winterweeds)
- Various small weeds that grow in winter
- Stellaria media
- 1936, Fieldbook of Illinois Wild Flowers:
- 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.
- 1984, Laura C. Martin, Wildflower Folklore, page 92:
- 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.
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- Veronica hederifolia, a speedwell.
- Stellaria media
Synonyms
- (Stellaria media): chickweed, common chickweed, chickenwort, craches, maruns, starweed, starwort
- (Veronica hederifolia): ivy-leaved speedwell