forget-me-not
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie.
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 light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
- forget-me-not:
- (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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