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Forget-me-not
//fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
- 2 small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers wordnet
- 3 Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum
- 4 A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
- 5 Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.
Etymology
Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.
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