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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ce•ras•ti•um (sə ras′tē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ums. - Plant Biologyany 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.
- Greek kerást(ēs) horned (see cerastes) + Neo-Latin -ium -ium; so called from the horn-shaped seed capsules of some species
- Neo-Latin (Linnaeus)
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