Mouse-ear

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mouse-ear \Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.)
        (a) The forget-me-not ({Myosotis palustris}) and other
            species of the same genus.
        (b) A European species of hawkweed ({Hieracium
            Pilosella}).
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     {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.
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