Mouse-ear \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).
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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.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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