About The Word Mouse-ear
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Mouse-ear
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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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