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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.
Definition 2024
mouse-ear
mouse-ear
English
Noun
mouse-ear (plural mouse-ears)
- A type of small hawkweed native to Eurasia (Pilosella officinarum), commonly found on dry grasslands. [from 14th c.]
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 195:
- Mouse-ear is a low herb creeping upon the ground by small strings like the Strawberry plant, whereby it shoots forth small roots [...].
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 195:
- A plant of the genus Cerastium (mouse-ear chickweed). [from 16th c.]
- A forget-me-not (genus Myosotis). [from 16th c.]