cerastium
[ suh-ras-tee-uh m ]
/ 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.
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.
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 ArmstrongOf the less conspicuous genera, the chick-weeds (Cerastium and Stellaria) are the most familiar.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany |Douglas Houghton CampbellThe large-flowered Cerastium (C. alpinum) was here every where in abundance, and the prickly Lycopodium.
Lachesis Lapponica |Carl von Linn