cerastium
/sɪˈrastɪəm
/noun (plural cerastiums)
A plant of a genus that includes chickweed and snow-in-summer.
- Genus Cerastium, family Caryophyllaceae.
- The bee on the Cerastium looks like he has got onto a queen sized bed and is snuggling up into a white downy quilt.
- Many species of Cerastium look alike and can be hard to differentiate.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek kerastēs 'horned' (with reference to the shape of many seed capsules) + -ium.
- palatian
- palatinal
- palatinate
- palatinate purple
- Palatine
- palatine bone
- palatine index
- palatine tonsil
- palatine tooth
- palatine uvula
- palatitis
- palative
- palato-alveolar
- palato-dental
- palatoglossal
- palatoglossus
- palatogram
- palatograph
- palatographic
- palatography
- palatomaxillary
- palatomaxillary index
- palatonasal
- palatopharyngeal
- palatopharyngeus