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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.

Etymology

Origin of cerastium

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

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