forget-me-not
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forget-me-not
- /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/ US
- /fəˈɡɛt.miːˌnɒt/ UK
Where it comes from
Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.
noun forget-me-nots
- Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant. Sending you forget-me-nots / To help you to remember / Baby, please forget me not / I want you to remember
- Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum
- 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.
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noun plant of the genus Myosotis
| Español | nomeolvides |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 물망초 mulmangcho |
| 日本語 | 勿忘草 wasurenagusa |
| 中文 | 勿忘草 wùwàngcǎo, 勿忘我 wùwàngwǒ |
| Português | não-me-esqueças, miosótis |
| Français | ne-m'oubliez-pas, myosotis |
| Deutsch | Vergissmeinnicht |
| Italiano | nontiscordardimé, miosotide |
| Ελληνικά | μη με λησμόνει mi me lismónei |
| Română | nu-mă-uita, miozotis |
| Русский | незабу́дка nezabúdka |
| Tiếng Việt | lưu ly |
| العربية | أُذْن الفَأْر ʔuḏn al-faʔr |
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title = {forget-me-not},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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