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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants, of the natural order Caryophyllaceæ, tribe Alsineæ, allied very closely to the genus Cerastium, the mouse-ear chickweed, from which it differs in having dorsally compressed seeds fixed by their face, and umbelliform cymes.

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