mouse-ear

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mouse-ear, n.

The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus. [1913 Webster]

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.