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forget-me-not

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Forget-me-not

Etymology

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Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forget-me-not (plural forget-me-nots)

  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. A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
    forget-me-not:  
    Coordinate term: see at Appendix:Colors
  3. (entomology) Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.

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