cerastium

[ suh-ras-tee-uhm ]

/ səˈræs ti əm /

noun, plural ce·ras·ti·ums.

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.

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

Words nearby cerastium

ceramidase, ceramide, ceramist, cerargyrite, cerastes, cerastium, cerat-, cerate, cerated, cerato-, ceratocricoid muscle

Example sentences from the Web for cerastium

In fig. 16 the biparous cyme is represented in the flowering branch of Cerastium.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various
This is the prettiest Cerastium, though not so "mousy" as some, and grows in dry as well as moist situations.
Field Book of Western Wild Flowers|Margaret Armstrong
Of the less conspicuous genera, the chick-weeds (Cerastium and Stellaria) are the most familiar.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany|Douglas Houghton Campbell
The large-flowered Cerastium (C. alpinum) was here every where in abundance, and the prickly Lycopodium.
Lachesis Lapponica|Carl von Linn

单词	cerastium
释义	cerastium [ suh-ras-tee-uhm ] / səˈræs ti əm / noun, plural ce·ras·ti·ums. 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. 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 Words nearby cerastium ceramidase, ceramide, ceramist, cerargyrite, cerastes, cerastium, cerat-, cerate, cerated, cerato-, ceratocricoid muscle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cerastium In fig. 16 the biparous cyme is represented in the flowering branch of Cerastium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5\|Various This is the prettiest Cerastium, though not so "mousy" as some, and grows in dry as well as moist situations. Field Book of Western Wild Flowers\|Margaret Armstrong Of the less conspicuous genera, the chick-weeds (Cerastium and Stellaria) are the most familiar. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany\|Douglas Houghton Campbell The large-flowered Cerastium (C. alpinum) was here every where in abundance, and the prickly Lycopodium. Lachesis Lapponica\|Carl von Linn
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