Mouse-ear

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈmaÊŠsɪə/

Origin

From mouse + ear.

Full definition of mouse-ear

Noun

1. A type of small hawkweed native to Eurasia, , commonly found on dry grasslands. from 14th c.
• 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 195:Mouse-ear is a low herb creeping upon the ground by small strings like the Strawberry plant, whereby it shoots forth small roots ....
2. A plant of the genus Cerastium; mouse-ear chickweed. from 16th c.
3. A forget-me-not of the genus Myosotis. from 16th c.