MOUSE EAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mouse ear mean? 

• MOUSE EAR (noun)
  The noun MOUSE EAR has 2 senses:

1. small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers

2. any of various plants related to the common chickweed

  Familiarity information: MOUSE EAR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUSE EAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

forget-me-not; mouse ear; Myosotis scorpiodes

Hypernyms ("mouse ear" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("mouse ear" is a member of...):

genus Myosotis; Myosotis (forget-me-nots; scorpion grass)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various plants related to the common chickweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chickweed; clammy chickweed; mouse-ear chickweed; mouse ear; mouse eared chickweed

Hypernyms ("mouse ear" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mouse ear"):

Cerastium arvense; field chickweed; field mouse-ear (densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone)

Cerastium tomentosum; love-in-a-mist; snow-in-summer (chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers)

Alpine mouse-ear; Arctic mouse-ear; Cerastium alpinum (widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe)

Holonyms ("mouse ear" is a member of...):

Cerastium; genus Cerastium (mouse-eared chickweed)