mouse-ear cress

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   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

   SynonymsArabidopsis thaliana

   Broadercress

Questions about mouse-ear cress

What does mouse-ear cress mean?

mouse-ear cress means "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".

What is another word for mouse-ear cress?

Close synonyms include Arabidopsis thaliana. 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 cress a common word?

mouse-ear cress 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.