mouse-ear chickweed n 1: any of various plants related to the common chickweed [syn: {mouse-ear chickweed}, {mouse eared chickweed}, {mouse ear}, {clammy chickweed}, {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 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. [1913 Webster]