About The Word Mouse-ear

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Mouse-ear

Mouse-ear Meaning & Definition
Mouse-ear Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mouse-ear?

[n] any of various plants related to the common chickweed
[n] small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mouse-ear: chickweed | clammy chickweed | forget-me-not | mouse eared chickweed | mouse-ear chickweed | Myosotis scorpiodes

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mouse-ear:

See Also | Alpine mouse-ear | Arctic mouse-ear | Cerastium | Cerastium alpinum | Cerastium arvense | Cerastium tomentosum | field chickweed | field mouse-ear | genus Cerastium | genus Myosotis | herb | herbaceous plant | love-in-a-mist | Myosotis | snow-in-summer

Mouse-ear In Webster's Dictionary

\Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.) (a) The forget-me-not ({Myosotis palustris}) and other species of the same genus. (b) A European species of hawkweed ({Hieracium Pilosella}). {Mouse-ear chickweed}, a name of two common species of chickweed ({Cerastium vulgarium}, and {C. viscosum}). {Mouse-ear cress}, a low cruciferous herb ({Sisymbrium Thaliana}). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.

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