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Mouse-Ear
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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 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.