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Noun: mouse-ear cress
  1. 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
    "Mouse-ear cress has become a model organism for plant research";
    - Arabidopsis thaliana

Derived forms: mouse-ear cresses

Type of: cress, cress plant

Encyclopedia: Mouse-ear cress