Alsine
noun
Al·si·ne
alˈsīnē
in some classifications
: a genus (the type of the family Alsinaceae) of herbs that includes the chickweeds and stitchworts and is equivalent to Stellaria or to a combination of Stellaria and Arenaria of other classifications
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, a plant (perhaps chickweed), from Greek alsinē (Parietaria lusitanica)
First Known Use
circa 1584, in the meaning defined above
- autogamies
- autogamous
- autogamy
- autogeneses
- autogenesis
- autogenetic
- autogenetic drainage
- autogenetically
- autogenic
- autogenic relaxation
- autogenic training
- autogenics
- autogenies
- autogenotype
- autogenous
- autogenous graft
- autogenous vaccine
- autogenously
- autogeny
- autogeosynclinal
- autogeosyncline
- autogestion
- autogiro
- autogiros
- autognostic