Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

winterweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: win-ter-weed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Various small weeds that grow in winter

Uncountable

noun

Various small weeds that grow in winter

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"Chickweed – Starwort, Winterweed (Stellaria media) - Annual or biennial"
"V. hederæfolia, L. (Ivy-leaved Speedwell. Winterweed.)"
"V. hederifolia, L. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. 3 — 8. Common in fields and by waysides. Popular name Winterweed."

Etymology

From winter + weed.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

winterweeds (plural)

Synonyms

chickweed common chickweed chickenwort craches maruns starweed starwort ivy-leaved speedwell

Questions

What does winterweed mean?: Various small weeds that grow in winter
Where does winterweed come from?: From winter + weed.

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