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What is a mouse-ear?

What is a mouse-ear? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A type of small hawkweed native to Eurasia (Pilosella officinarum), commonly found on dry grasslands. [from 14th c.]
  2. A plant of the genus Cerastium (mouse-ear chickweed). [from 16th c.]
  3. A forget-me-not (genus Myosotis). [from 16th c.]
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Hosts of bluets and plots of mouse-ear everlasting, had taken possession of the land.
The events will give people a chance to learn about wildflowers found at the site such as ladies bedstraw, musk thistle, mouse-ear hawkweed and wild thyme.
The scientists teamed up with colleagues from Edinburgh University to create computer models of a plant called mouse-ear cress.
Common mouse-ear is a short-lived perennial, native in grassland and in open cultivated and waste ground.
The mouse-ear, or Herba clavorum, is reputed to prevent blacksmiths hurting horses when being shod.
The mouse-ear is called Herba clavorum because it prevents the blacksmith from hurting horses when he is shoeing them.

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