forget-me-not
English
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Etymology
Calque of German Vergissmeinnicht.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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 Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., especially Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. native to India and Southeast Asia.
Translations
plant of the genus Myosotis
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