Definition of Mouse-ear cress

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Arabidopsis Thaliana
Generic synonyms: Cress, Cress Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mouse-ear Cress

mournivals
mourns
mous
mousable
mousaka
mousakas
mousambi
mousambis
mouse
mouse's nest
mouse-colored
mouse-colored antshrike
mouse-colored antshrikes
mouse-ear
mouse-ear chickweed
mouse-ear cress (current term)
mouse-ear hawkweed
mouse-eared bat
mouse-ears
mouse-over
mouse-overs
mouse-potato
mouse-tooth forceps
mouse-wheel
mouse antialopecia factor
mouse cancer
mouse click
mouse deer
mouse ear

Literary usage of Mouse-ear cress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey by Nathaniel Lord Britton (1881)
"Hedge Mustard. Common along roadsides and near dwellings throughout the State. Nat. En. S. Thaliana. Gaud. mouse-ear cress. Sparingly in fields. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"mouse-ear cress Herbaceous annual Cultivated fields and waste ground. • Arabis canadensis L. Sicklepod Herbaceous biennial Rocky banks and slopes, ..."

3. A Preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey by Nathaniel Lord Britton (1881)
"Hedge Mustard. Common along roadsides and near dwellings throughout the State. Nat. En. S. Thaliana. Gaud. mouse-ear cress. Sparingly in fields. ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"mouse-ear cress Herbaceous annual Cultivated fields and waste ground. • Arabis canadensis L. Sicklepod Herbaceous biennial Rocky banks and slopes, ..."

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