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mouse-ear chickweed

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Definition of mouse-ear chickweed

: any of several hairy chickweeds (genus Cerastium and especially C. fontanum)

First Known Use of mouse-ear chickweed

1731, in the meaning defined above

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“Mouse-ear chickweed.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mouse-ear%20chickweed. Accessed 10 December 2019.

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