- mouse-ear hawkweed
- nounEuropean hawkweed having soft hairy leaves; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium• Syn: ↑Pilosella officinarum, ↑Hieracium pilocella• Hypernyms: ↑hawkweed
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nounsee mouse-ear 1a
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mouse-ear — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English mousere, from mous mouse + ere ear more at ear 1. a. or mouse ear hawkweed : a European haw … Useful english dictionary
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}). [1913 Webster] {Mouse ear chickweed}, a name of two common species of chickweed ({Cerastium v … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mouse-ear chickweed — 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}). [1913 Webster] {Mouse ear chickweed}, a name of two common species of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mouse-ear cress — 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}). [1913 Webster] {Mouse ear chickweed}, a name of two common species of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mouse-ear — [mous′ir΄] n. any of various plants with short, hairy leaves resembling the ear of a mouse, as the hawkweed or chickweed … English World dictionary
mouse-ear — mouse′ ear n. pln any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as a hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or a forget me not Myosotis palustris[/ex] • Etymology: 1225–75 … From formal English to slang
mouse-ear — noun Date: 13th century 1. a Eurasian hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella) introduced into North America that has soft hairy leaves and yellow flowers 2. any of several plants other than mouse ear that have soft hairy leaves … New Collegiate Dictionary
mouse-ear — /mows ear /, n. any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget me not, Myosotis palustris. [1225 75; ME mous ere. See MOUSE, EAR1] * * * … Universalium
Hawkweed — Taxobox name = Hawkweed image width = 250px image caption = Orange Hawkweed ( Hieracium aurantiacum ) regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae subfamilia = Cichorioideae tribus =… … Wikipedia
hawkweed — /hawk weed /, n. 1. any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers. 2. any of various related plants. [1555 65; trans. of NL, L hieracium < Gk hierak, s. of hiérax hawk + L ium IUM; see WEED1] * * * Any of the… … Universalium
