Mousetail

Mousetail
Mousetail Mouse"tail`, n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants ({Myosurus}), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse. [1913 Webster]

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