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Arctic mouse-ear

Arctic mouse-ear noun: a perennial herb, Cerastium arcticum, growing in parts of the Arctic.

Noun

Arctic mouse-ear (plural Arctic mouse-ears)

  1. A perennial herb, Cerastium arcticum, growing in parts of the Arctic.
    • Dainty Arctic mouse ears with their distinctive double-lobed petals speckle the heath close by my own roost, paper-thin flowers springing from a tangled mat of foliage that forms little islands in the grass.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 154

Forms of Arctic mouse-ear

pluralArctic mouse-ears

Questions about Arctic mouse-ear

What does Arctic mouse-ear mean?
Arctic mouse-ear means a perennial herb, Cerastium arcticum, growing in parts of the Arctic.
What part of speech is Arctic mouse-ear?
Arctic mouse-ear is a noun.
What is the plural of Arctic mouse-ear?
The plural of Arctic mouse-ear is Arctic mouse-ears.

Words near Arctic mouse-ear in the dictionary

  1. Arctic hysteria
  2. Arctic lamprey
  3. Arctic lampreys
  4. Arctic loon
  5. Arctic loons
  6. Arctic mouse-ear
  7. Arctic mouse-ears
  8. Arctic Ocean
  9. arctic owl
  10. arctic poppies
  11. arctic poppy

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