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mousetail

mousetail noun: any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family.

mousetail: any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family
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Noun

mousetail (plural mousetails)

  1. Any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family.
  2. Any plant of the genus Myosurus, in the buttercup family.

Forms of mousetail

pluralmousetails

Origin of mousetail

From mouse + tail.

Questions about mousetail

What does mousetail mean?
Mousetail means any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family.
What part of speech is mousetail?
Mousetail is a noun.
What is the plural of mousetail?
The plural of mousetail is mousetails.

Words near mousetail in the dictionary

  1. mouses over
  2. mousesicle
  3. mousesicles
  4. mousesona
  5. mousesonas
  6. mousetail
  7. mousetails
  8. mousetaur
  9. mousetrap
  10. mousetrap gun
  11. mousetrap guns

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