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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cerastium /sɪˈrastɪəm/

▶noun (pl. cerastiums) a plant of a genus that includes chickweed and snow-in-summer. [Genus Cerastium.]

– origin mod. L., from Gk kerastēs ‘horned’ (with ref. to the shape of many seed capsules) + -ium.

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