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 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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mouse-ear cress
n : a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white
flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first
higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described
[syn: Arabidopsis thaliana]