Translingual

Myosotis arvensis

Proper noun

Myosotis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – the forget-me-nots.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; unassigned euasterids I; Boraginaceae - family; Boraginoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Myosotis scorpioides - type species. See Myosotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Myosotis at The Plant List for species.

English

Myosotis flowers

Noun

myosotis ‎(plural myosotises)

1. Any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87:

     Cut all the myosotis there is.

   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, in Crime out of Mind:

     How would he, then, describe Tilly's manner and appearance at breakfast ? Peregrine shrugged and said it was much as usual; she was gay and very pretty in her dirndl skirt and blue and yellow silk apron embroidered with myosotis.

Related terms

• myosote

See also

• myosotis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• myosotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myosotis, from Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς ‎(muosōtís, “mouse's ear; forget-me-not”). It is so named because the shape of the petals resembles that of a mouse's ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjɔ.zɔ.tis/

Noun

myosotis m ‎(plural myosotis)

1. forget-me-not