The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mouse-ear \Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.)
The forget-me-not ( Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A type of small hawkweed native to Eurasia ((taxlink Pilosella officinarum species noshow=1)), commonly found on dry grasslands. (from 14th c.) 2 A plant of the genus ''Cerastium'' ((vern: mouse-ear chickweed)). (from 16th c.) 3 A forget-me-not (genus ''Myosotis''). (from 16th c.)
Usage examples of "mouse-ear".
John's wort,] ground slaters, and mouse-ear, mixed in a base of fine clay.
He saw himself in a plain white uniform, driving a white van with the mouse-ears logo on it--nothing to indicate it was a rescue unit on the outside, of course, nothing to scare the paying customers.
Besides the common garden vegetables, there were Yellow-Dock, Lemon Balm, Hyssop, Gill-go-over-the-ground, Mouse-ear, Chick-weed, Roman Wormwood, Elecampane, and other plants.