myosotis

American  

[mahy-uh-soh-tis] / ˌmaɪ əˈsoʊ tɪs /

Also myosote

noun

1. any plant belonging to the genus Myosotis, of the borage family, having basal leaves and pink or white flowers, as the forget-me-not.

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myosotis British  

/ ˌmaɪəˈsəʊtɪs, ˈmaɪəˌsəʊt /

noun

1. any plant of the boraginaceous genus Myosotis See forget-me-not

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Etymology

Origin of myosotis

1700–10; < New Latin, Latin myosōtis < Greek myosōtís the plant mouse-ear, equivalent to myós (genitive of mŷs ) mouse + -ōt- (stem of oûs ) ear + -is noun suffix

Example Sentences

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myosotis

See her apple-cheeks, her eyes like blue myosotis, her lips—poppy-petals, and her ivy-like grace!

From Barks and Purrs by Colette

He fills his pockets with gold, but not heeding the fairy's warning to "forget not the best" - i.e., the myosotis - he is crushed by the closing together of the mountain.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje

But when he takes the form of a blond Hercules, with eyes blue as the myosotis, and a mustache—mais une moustache!—and with no idea whatever of the bigness of the thing he's doing!

From The Street Called Straight by Lowell, Orson

"If you are good you may come to the Pier, and there we will talk edelweiss and myosotis, as all engaged people do."

From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar

In the course of a single second Medenham found himself comparing them to blue diamonds, to the azure depths of a sunlit sea, to the exquisite tint of the myosotis.

From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Tracy, Louis