mouse-ear
nounUK /ˈmaʊsɪə/
Etymology From Middle English mousere, musere, equivalent to mouse + ear, in reference to the shape of the leaves.
1
A type of small hawkweed native to Eurasia (mouse-ear hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum), commonly found on dry grasslands.
- 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, published 2007, page 195:
2
A plant of the genus Cerastium (mouse-eared chickweed).
3
A forget-me-not (genus Myosotis).
- Derived terms
- Arctic mouse-ear
- Related terms
- mouse-eared