Myosotis Definition

mīə-sōtĭs
noun
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.

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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

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