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myosotis

UK/mʌɪəˈsəʊtɪs/

myosotis noun: any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.

myosotis: any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots
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Noun

myosotis (plural myosotises)

  1. Any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.
    • Cut all the myosotis there is.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87
    • 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.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, in Crime out of Mind

Forms of myosotis

pluralmyosotises

Origin of myosotis

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”).

Questions about myosotis

What does myosotis mean?
Myosotis means any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.
What part of speech is myosotis?
Myosotis is a noun.
How do you pronounce myosotis?
Myosotis is pronounced /mʌɪəˈsəʊtɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of myosotis?
The plural of myosotis is myosotises.

Words near myosotis in the dictionary

  1. myosmine
  2. myosonographic
  3. myosonography
  4. myosote
  5. myosotes
  6. myosotis
  7. myosotises
  8. myospasm
  9. myospasms
  10. myospastic
  11. myosphere

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