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STELLARIA MEDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stellaria media mean? 

STELLARIA MEDIA (noun)
  The noun STELLARIA MEDIA has 1 sense:

1. a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickensplay

  Familiarity information: STELLARIA MEDIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STELLARIA MEDIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common chickweed; Stellaria media

Hypernyms ("Stellaria media" is a kind of...):

chickweed (any of various plants of the genus Stellaria)


 Context examples 


A tincture made from the dried parts of Stellaria media, a widespread annual plant.

(Chickweed Tincture, NCI Thesaurus)



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