mouse . ( Of the Dim. of hairy ). 1. f. plant herbaceous, perennial of the family, with leaves radical, elliptical, entire, lanuginosas and whitish below and with hair long on both sides, yellow flowers with radical of one to two decimetres of long peduncles, upright and hairy, nut with small seeds, black, wedge-shaped and dressed fluff, and root Juniper with shoots that root soon. It is common in the mountains of Spain, and its cooking, bitter and astringent, has been used in medicine.