myosotis

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See also: Myosotis and myosótis

English

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Myosotis flowers

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin myosōtis, from Koine Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtís, literally ears of a mouse), from genitive of μῦς (mûs, mouse) and nominative plural of οὖς (oûs, ear).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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[1]:
      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.
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See also

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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from New Latin myosōtis, 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

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  • IPA(key): /mjɔ.zɔ.tis/
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Noun

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myosotis m (plural myosotis)

  1. forget-me-not
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