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. [ 1913 Webster ]
[はこべじお(はこべ塩;繁縷塩);ハコベじお(ハコベ塩), hakobejio ( hakobe shio ; han ru shio ); hakobe jio ( hakobe shio )] (n) (obsc) chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste
[はるのななくさ, harunonanakusa] (exp) (See 秋の七草) seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)