CERASTIUM

Meaning of CERASTIUM in English

n. any plant of the genus Cerastium, with white flowers and often horn-shaped capsules.

Etymology: mod.L f. Gk kerastes horned f. keras horn

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

CERASTIUM — sə̇ˈraschēəm, -stē- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kerastēs horned + New Latin -ium : a large genus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CERASTIUM — /seuh ras"tee euhm/ , n. , pl. cerastiums . any of various low-growing plants of the genus Cerastium, having leaves …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CERASTIUM — [ sɪ'rastɪəm ] ■ noun ( plural ~s ) a plant of a genus that includes chickweed and snow-in-summer. [Genus …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CERASTIUM — n. any plant of the genus Cerastium, with white flowers and often horn-shaped capsules. [mod.L f. Gk kerastes horned f. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CERASTIUM — n. any plant of the genus Cerastium, with white flowers and often horn-shaped capsules. [ mod.L f. Gk kerastes horned …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNOW-IN-SUMMER — noun Date: 1886 a European creeping perennial herb ( Cerastium tomentosum ) of the pink family with hairy grayish foliage …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED — noun Date: 1731 any of several hairy chickweeds (genus Cerastium and especially C. fontanum )
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHICKWEED — noun Date: 14th century any of various low-growing small-leaved weedy plants of the pink family (especially genera Cerastium and Stellaria …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHICKWEED — Either of two species of small-leaved weeds, in the pink family . Common chickweed, or stitchwort ( Stellaria media ), …
Английский словарь Британика
SNOW-IN-SUMMER — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun also snow-in-harvest | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ : any of several plants blossoming at harvestime: as a. : a mouse-ear chickweed ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POWDER HORN — noun 1. : a flask for carrying gunpowder ; especially : one made of the horn of an ox or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED — noun or mouse-eared chickweed also mouse-ear : any of several hairy chickweeds of the genus Cerastium (especially C. vulgatum and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRASSWORT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a perennial mouse-ear chickweed ( Cerastium arvense ) widespread in Europe, Asia, and No. America and often …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIELD CHICKWEED — noun : a densely tufted perennial chickweed ( Cerastium arvense ) of the north temperate zone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHICKWEED — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration of chickenweed 1. : any of various low-growing small-leaved weedy plants of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STARRY GRASSWORT — /gras"werrt', -wawrt'/ a weedy plant, Cerastium arvense, of the pink family, native to the North Temperate Zone, having narrow leaves …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOW-IN-SUMMER — /snoh"in sum"euhr/ , n. a mat-forming garden plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of the pink family, native to Italy, having white flowers …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Cerastium, of the pink family, as C. vulgatum, having small, hairy …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOW-IN-SUMMER — Date: 1886 : a European creeping perennial herb ( Cerastium tomentosum ) of the pink family with hairy grayish foliage …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED — Date: 1731 : any of several hairy chickweeds (genus Cerastium and especially C. fontanum )
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHICKWEED — noun Date: 14th century : any of various low-growing small-leaved weedy plants of the pink family (especially genera Cerastium and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNOW-IN-SUMMER — ■ noun a white-flowered plant with silvery-green leaves. [ Cerastium tomentosum (a pink, southern Europe) and Helichrysum rosmarinifolium (an evergreen …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED — [mouse-ear chickweed] n (1731): any of several hairy chickweeds (genus Cerastium and esp. C. vulgatum)
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHICKWEED — [chick.weed] n (14c): any of various low-growing small-leaved weedy plants of the pink family (esp. genera Cerastium and Stellaria); esp: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHICKWEED — either of two species of small-leaved weeds, of the pink family (Caryophyllaceae). The common chickweed, or stitchwort (Stellaria media), is …
Britannica English vocabulary
CARYOPHYLLACEAE — the pink family of flowering plants (order Caryophyllales), comprising some 89 genera and 2,070 species of herbaceous plants, mainly of …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHICKWEED — n. Either of two species of small-leaved weeds, in the pink family . Common chickweed, or stitchwort ( Stellaria media …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNOW-IN-SUMMER — бот. ясколка опушённая (Cerastium tomentosum)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SHORT-STALKED CHICKWEED — ясколка короткостебельная (Cerastium brachypodum)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
NODDING CHICKWEED — ясколка длинноцветоносная (Cerastium longipedunculatum)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED — ясколка скученноцветковая (Cerastium glomeratum)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии

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