Myosotis Definition

mīə-sōtĭs
noun

Forget-me-not.

Webster's New World
Any of various plants of the genus Myosotis, which includes the forget-me-nots.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • genus Myosotis
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae "” the myosotis.

Wiktionary

Origin of Myosotis

  • New Latin Myosōtis genus name from Latin myosōtis mouse-ear, a kind of plant from Greek muosōtis muos genitive of mūs mouse mūs- in Indo-European roots ous ōt- ear ous- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin myosōtis (“plant with leaves like a mouse's ears"), from Koine Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtis), from genitive form of Ancient Greek μῦς (mus, “mouse") + nominative plural form of οὖς (ous, “ear").

    From Wiktionary

Myosotis Sentence Examples

  • A characteristic feature is the one-sided (dorsiventral) inflorescence, well illustrated in forget-me-not and other species of Myosotis; the cyme is at first closely coiled, becoming uncoiled as the flowers open.

  • At the same time there is often a change in colour in the flowers, which are red in bud, becoming blue as they expand, as in Myosotis, Echium, Symphytum and others.

  • Thus in Lithospermum the nutlets are hard like a stone, in Myosotis usually polished, in Cynoglossum covered with bristles, &c.

  • The divisions of the calyx extend only about one-third the length of the corolla, whereas in the other British species of Myosotis it is deeply cleft.

  • To these may be added a few Ranunculaceae, some Myosotis, the common Taraxacum, one species of Chamomilla, and a few Leguminosae.

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