单词 |
cerastium |
释义 |
cerastium Bot.|sɪˈræstɪəm| [mod.L. (Linnæus Hortus Cliffortianus (1737) 173), f. Gr. κεράστης horned, from the horn-shaped capsule of many species.] A plant of the caryophyllaceous genus of that name, including the mouse-ear chickweed and other weeds, as well as species cultivated for their silvery foliage.
1799Sowerby & Smith Eng. Bot. VIII. 538 This is certainly rather a Stellaria than a Cerastium. 1829Loudon Encycl. Plants 1059 Caryophylleæ... Many are common weeds, as most of the Cerastiums, Spergulas, and others. 1925Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 35/2 He had observed..what he knew to be a very rare cerastium. 1958F. Stark Alexander's Path 150 Drifts of vetch purple and yellow, grey-leaved cerastium, [etc.]. |

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