Myosotis
/mʌɪəˈsəʊtɪs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.
"Cut all the myosotis there is."
Example
More examples"How would he, then, describe Tilly's manner and appearance at breakfast ? Peregrine shrugged and said it was much as usual; she was gay and very pretty in her dirndl skirt and blue and yellow silk apron embroidered with myosotis."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin myosōtis, from Koine Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtís, literally “ears of a mouse”), from genitive of μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) and nominative plural of οὖς (oûs, “ear”).