ALSINE


Meaning of ALSINE in English

alˈsīnē noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a plant (perhaps chickweed), from Greek alsinē ( Parietaria lusitanica )

in some classifications : a genus (the type of the family Alsinaceae) of herbs that includes the chickweeds and stitchworts and is equivalent to Stellaria or to a combination of Stellaria and Arenaria of other classifications

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