CERASTIUM

Cerastium, genus Cerastium

(noun) mouse-eared chickweed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

cerastium (plural cerastiums)

(botany) Any of several plants of the genus Cerastium, such as mouse-eared chickweed

Anagrams

• cauterism

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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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