alpine mouse-ear

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   widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe

   SynonymsArctic mouse-earCerastium alpinum

   Broadermouse-ear chickweed

Questions about alpine mouse-ear

What does alpine mouse-ear mean?

alpine mouse-ear means "widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe".

What is another word for alpine mouse-ear?

Close synonyms include Arctic mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alpine mouse-ear a common word?

alpine mouse-ear is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.