mouse-ear

mouse-ear
/mows"ear'/, n.
any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.
[1225-75; ME mous-ere. See MOUSE, EAR1]

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