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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mouse-ear cress n 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 [syn: Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress]