forget-me-not

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun forget-me-not has 1 sense

forget-me-not(n = noun.plant) mouse ear, myosotis scorpiodes - small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers; Array

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus myosotis, myosotis

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CIDE DICTIONARY

forget-me-not, n. [Cf. G. vergissmeinnicht.].

A small perennial herb, of the genus Myosotis (Myosotis scorpiodes, Myosotis palustris, Myosotis incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful bright blue or white flowers, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity. [1913 Webster]

" Formerly the name was given to the Ajuga Chamæpitus." [1913 Webster]

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