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Webster 1913 Edition

Mouse-ear

Mouse′-earˊ

,
Noun.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mouse-ear

MOUSE-EAR

,
Noun.
mouse'-ear. A plant of the genus Hieracium; also, a plant of the genus Myosotis, called likewise mouse-ear scorpion grass. The mouse-ear chickweed is of the genus Cerastium.

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