MOUSE-EAR

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus.

2.
n.

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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