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