forget-me-not

American  

[fer-get-mee-not] / fərˈgɛt miˌnɒt /

noun

• forget-me-nots
  plural

1. either of two small Old World plants, Myosotis sylvatica or M. scorpioides, of the borage family, having a light-blue flower commonly regarded as an emblem of constancy and friendship.

2. any of several other plants of the genus Myosotis.

3. any of various similar plants, especially of the genus Anchusa or Cynoglossum.

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forget-me-not British  

noun

1. Also called: scorpion grass. any temperate low-growing plant of the mainly European boraginaceous genus Myosotis , having clusters of small typically blue flowers

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• forget-me-nots
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of forget-me-not

1525–35; translation of Middle French ne m'oubliez mye

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Example Sentences

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Sentebale means "forget-me-not" in Sesotho, the language of Lesotho.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

Nothing but 2 meters and one spindly forget-me-not lay between us.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

Just within a couple of yards of the water’s edge, the species are abundant, the nomenclature mellifluous: buttercup, foxglove, leopard’s bane, nipplewort, forget-me-not, large-leaf aven, fringe cup, sticky willy.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2022

An infant’s loss ribbon wraps around the back of her arm, while forget-me-not flowers and a cross are etched on her lower arm.

From Washington Times ● May 7, 2018

My mother held out her skirt, making a hollow out of it, while I dropped in the flowers and she named them: forget-me-not, wintergreen, pink, wild rose.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

Planters of red geraniums and blue forget-me-nots were everywhere.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023

Behind the closed gates are newly-planted gardens, which have been filled with Diana's favourite flowers: white roses, scented narcissi and a carpet of forget-me-nots.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2017

Across the parking lot were bluebells, cottony willow plants, white-flowered Labrador tea, mountain avens and blue forget-me-nots.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2016

Some believe there is a skull hidden just to the left of the forget-me-nots on the right.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2012

A blue powdering of forget-me-nots and fine, fat yellow primroses punctuated the green of the slope as the two children walked up the hill toward the Frobishers’ little mausoleum.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

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