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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.

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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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