cerastium

American  

[suh-ras-tee-uhm] / səˈræs ti əm /

noun

plural

cerastiums

1. any of various low-growing plants of the genus Cerastium, having leaves covered with whitish or grayish down and small white flowers, and including mouse-ear chickweed and snow-in-summer.

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Etymology

Origin of cerastium

< New Latin (Linnaeus) < Greek kerást ( ēs ) horned ( see cerastes) + New Latin -ium -ium; so called from the horn-shaped seed capsules of some species