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CERASTIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
Cerastium; genus Cerastium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cerastium" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Cerastium"):
chickweed; clammy chickweed; mouse-ear chickweed; mouse ear; mouse eared chickweed (any of various plants related to the common chickweed)
Holonyms ("Cerastium" is a member of...):
carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))