genus cerastium

1. 1.

   mouse-eared chickweed

   SynonymsCerastium

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot genus

   Part ofCaryophyllaceae

Questions about genus cerastium

What does genus cerastium mean?

genus cerastium means "mouse-eared chickweed".

What is another word for genus cerastium?

Close synonyms include Cerastium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cerastium a common word?

genus cerastium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.