Holosteum

noun

Ho·​los·​te·​um

həˈlästēəm

: a Eurasian genus of plants (family Caryophyllaceae) resembling chickweed and having the flowers in cymes like umbels see jagged chickweed

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek holosteon, a plant, from hol- + osteon bone

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