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.
WordNet
n. any of various plants related to the common chickweed [syn: mouse eared chickweed, mouse ear, clammy chickweed, chickweed]
Usage examples of "mouse-ear chickweed".
The name 'Mouse-ear' is also applied to 'Mouse-ear Chickweed,' a plant of the genus Cerastium, to a plant of the genus Myosotis, valued for its medicinal properties, and to various kinds of Woundworts.