myosotis
See also: Myosotis and myosótis
English
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Myosotis flowers
Etymology
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
- (UK) IPA(key): /mʌɪəˈsəʊtɪs/
Noun
myosotis (plural myosotises)
- 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:
- 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.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87:
Related terms
- myosote
See also
myosotis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
myosotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
French
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /mjɔ.zɔ.tis/
myosotis (file)
Noun
myosotis m (plural myosotis)
- forget-me-not
Further reading
- “myosotis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.