Chick·weed n. Bot. The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.
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  Stellaria media
       n : a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white
           flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by
           chickens [syn: common chickweed]