mouse-ear

mouse-ear Definition

mouse·-ear (-ir′)

noun

any of various plants with short, hairy leaves resembling the ear of a mouse, as the hawkweed or chickweed

mouse-ear Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

common: In a comparison of different tillage regimes in winter cereals, common mouse-ear was favored by reduced cultivations.

Modifies a noun

cerastium: This is the only known site for the Scottish endemic subspecies of common mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum ssp. scoticum.
hawkweed: Mouse-ear hawkweed usually forms flat rosettes in grazed grassland.

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