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Definition of Cerastium tomentosum
1. Noun. Chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Chickweed, Clammy Chickweed, Mouse Ear, Mouse Eared Chickweed, Mouse-ear Chickweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerastium Tomentosum
Literary usage of Cerastium tomentosum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1865)
"... round, edged cerastium tomentosum. 6, 6, 6, 6, Flower of the Day in solid
block, band of blue Lobelia, edged with two rows Calceolaria Áurea floribunda, ..."
2. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"Blue Lobelia, edged with cerastium tomentosum. 3. cerastium tomentosum, edged
with blue Lobelia, is exceedingly sweet. 4. Pelargonium Vesuvius, edged with ..."
3. Handy book of the flower-garden by David Thomson (1868)
"Especially if the gravel be dark, I would put a thin streak of cerastium tomentosum
all along the outside of 3 ; or if the soil were strong and suitable, ..."
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