cerastium

/suh-ras-tee-uhm/US // səˈræs ti əm //

圆锥体,耵聍,圆锥花序,锯齿

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural ce·ras·ti·ums.
- : any 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.

In fig. 16 the biparous cyme is represented in the flowering branch of Cerastium.
This is the prettiest Cerastium, though not so "mousy" as some, and grows in dry as well as moist situations.
A smooth Cerastium, agreeing in every respect with the large-flowered one, except the hairiness and hoary aspect of the leaves.
The large-flowered Cerastium (C. alpinum) was here every where in abundance, and the prickly Lycopodium.
Of the less conspicuous genera, the chick-weeds (Cerastium and Stellaria) are the most familiar.