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mouse-ear hawkweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
mouse-ear hawk-weed
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant of species (Pilosella officinarum, syn. Hieracium pilosella) of small hawkweeds native to Eurasia, commonly found on dry grasslands.

Etymology

Named for the resemblance of its leaves to a mouse's ears.

Inflected Forms

mouse-ear hawkweeds (plural)

Synonyms

mouse-ear pilosella officinarum hieracium pilocella hieracium pilosella

Questions

What does mouse-ear hawkweed mean?
A plant of species (Pilosella officinarum, syn. Hieracium pilosella) of small hawkweeds native to Eurasia, commonly found on dry grasslands.
Where does mouse-ear hawkweed come from?
Named for the resemblance of its leaves to a mouse's ears.

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