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forget-me-not

noun
/fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/US/fəˈɡɛt.miːˌnɒt/UK

Etymology

Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.

  1. derived from Vergissmeinnicht

Definitions

  1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue…

    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

  2. Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum

  3. A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian…

      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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