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mouse-ear

(Plants) short for mouse-ear chickweed. See chickweed²

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mouse′-ear`

any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as a hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or a forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.

[1225–75]

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