Definitions for mouse-ear

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Spelling: [mous-eer]
IPA: /ˈmaʊsˌɪər/

Mouse-Ear is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 309 anagrams from letters in mouse-ear (-aeemorsu).

Definitions for mouse-ear

noun

  1. any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.

Origin of mouse-ear

First recorded in 1225-75, mouse-ear is from the Middle English word mous-ere. See mouse, ear1

Examples for mouse-ear

The mouse-ear is called Herba clavorum because it prevents the blacksmith from hurting horses when he is shoeing them.

The mouse-ear, or Herba clavorum, is reputed to prevent blacksmiths hurting horses when being shod.

The plant mouse-ear (Myosotis Arvensis) is called mouse-lug.

It feeds from September to May on mouse-ear chickweed, bedstraw, plantain, and other low-growing plants growing on sandy soils.

Hosts of bluets and plots of mouse-ear everlasting, had taken possession of the land.

This Greek compound surely means "mouse-ear," and what have these plants to do with the auricular organs of mice?

Word Value for mouse-ear
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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