Cerastium
noun
Ce·ras·ti·um
sə̇ˈraschēəm,
-stē-
: a large genus of low herbs (family Caryophyllaceae) containing the mouse-ear chickweed and the field chickweed and having small white flowers with bifid petals and cylindrical often curved capsules
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek kerastēs horned + New Latin -ium