MOUSE-EAR CRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mouse-ear cress mean? 

• MOUSE-EAR CRESS (noun)
  The noun MOUSE-EAR CRESS has 1 sense:

1. a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described

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

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• MOUSE-EAR CRESS (noun)

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Meaning:

A small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arabidopsis thaliana; mouse-ear cress

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

cress; cress plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste)