mouse-ear cress

Definitions 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
    synonyms: Arabidopsis thaliana
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    type of:
    cress, cress plant
    any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
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