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).

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.

 

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