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Cerastium viscosum

Mouse-ear \Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.)

  1. The forget-me-not ( Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus.

  2. A European species of hawkweed ( Hieracium Pilosella).

    Mouse-ear chickweed, a name of two common species of chickweed ( Cerastium vulgarium, and Cerastium viscosum).

    Mouse-ear cress, a low cruciferous herb ( Sisymbrium Thaliana). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.