Word Study
ceras |
cerasin |
cerasinous |
cerastes |
cerastes cornutus |
cerastium
| cerastium alpinum
| cerastium arvense
| cerastium tomentosum
| cerate
| cerated
cerastium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cerastium has 1 sense
- cerastium(n = noun.plant) genus cerastium - mouse-eared chickweed; Array is a kind of caryophylloid dicot genus
is a member of carnation family, caryophyllaceae, family caryophyllaceae, pink family
CIDE DICTIONARY
cerastium, n.
a genus of weedy plants of the pink family, comprising the mouse-ear chickweeds. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cerastium, n. any plant of the genus Cerastium, with white flowers and often horn-shaped capsules.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk kerastes horned f. keras horn
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