'Mouse-ear cress' definitions:
Definition of 'mouse-ear cress'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
Definition of 'Mouse-ear cress'
From: GCIDE
- 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]