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mouse-ear cress

DEFINITIONS OF: mouse-ear cress

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n 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
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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