forget-me-not
Meaning
- Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
- A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
- 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
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/
Etymology
Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.
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