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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