• (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/mousetail/
any of about 15 species of small, annual, herbaceous (nonwoody) plants constituting the genus Myosurus of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). They ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/130
Mouse'tail` noun (Botany) A genus of ranunculaceous plants ( Myosurus ), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/108