mouse ear

Questions about mouse ear

What does mouse ear mean?

mouse ear means "small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mouse ear?

Close synonyms include forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpiodes, mouse-ear chickweed, mouse eared chickweed, clammy chickweed. 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 mouse ear a common word?

mouse ear is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.