Mouse-ear cress Meaning, Definition & Usage
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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
Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- a low cruciferous herb (
Sisymbrium Thaliana ). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.