Mouse-ear
Mouse-ear , noun
(a)
(Botany) The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus.
(b)
(Botany) A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella).
Collocations (2)
Mouse-ear chickweed , a name of two common species of chickweed (Cerastium vulgarium, and Cerastium viscosum).
Mouse-ear cress , a low cruciferous herb (Sisymbrium Thaliana). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.