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Definition of Mouse ear

1. Noun. Small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers.

2. Noun. Any of various plants related to the common chickweed.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mouse Ear

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Literary usage of Mouse ear

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"See Mournful Widow. Mouse Barley. See Barley, Mouse. mouse ear. ... Mouse-ear. Mouse-ear Scorpion-grass. A book-name for Myosotis palustri*, L.—With. od. ii ..."

2. Turf for Golf Courses by Charles Vancouver Piper, Russell Arthur Oakley (1917)
"Among these are white clover, yarrow, mouse-ear chickweed, ground ivy, pearlwort, sheep sorrel, thyme-leaved speedwell, carpenter-weed, creeping thyme, ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"See Mournful Widow. Mouse Barley. See Barley, Mouse. mouse ear. ... Mouse-ear. Mouse-ear Scorpion-grass. A book-name for Myosotis palustri*, L.—With. od. ii ..."

4. Turf for Golf Courses by Charles Vancouver Piper, Russell Arthur Oakley (1917)
"Among these are white clover, yarrow, mouse-ear chickweed, ground ivy, pearlwort, sheep sorrel, thyme-leaved speedwell, carpenter-weed, creeping thyme, ..."

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