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mouse-ear
[ mous-eer ]
noun
- any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.
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Example Sentences
It feeds from September to May on mouse-ear chickweed, bedstraw, plantain, and other low-growing plants growing on sandy soils.
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The Mouse-ear is called Herba clavorum because it prevents the blacksmith from hurting horses when he is shoeing them.
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The Mouse-ear, or Herba clavorum, is reputed to prevent blacksmiths hurting horses when being shod.
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This Greek compound surely means "mouse-ear," and what have these plants to do with the auricular organs of mice?
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At eight o'clock all the colleges awake and the little mouse-ear.
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