mouse-ear
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English mousere, musere, equivalent to mouse + ear, in reference to the shape of the leaves.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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, published 2007, page 195:
- Mouse-ear is a low herb creeping upon the ground by small strings like the Strawberry plant, whereby it shoots forth small roots […]
- A plant of the genus Cerastium (mouse-ear chickweed). [from 16th c.]
- A forget-me-not (genus Myosotis). [from 16th c.]
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[edit]Pilosella officinarum
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