forget-me-not
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈɡɛt.miːˌnɒt/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]forget-me-not (plural forget-me-nots)
- Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
- A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
- forget-me-not:
- Coordinate term: see at Appendix:Colors
- (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.
Translations
[edit]plant of the genus Myosotis
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