Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Myosotis, having clusters of small blue flowers.
- noun Any of several similar or related plants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ground-pine, Ajuga Chamœpitys: the earliest use of the word, in the old English herbalists.
- noun Myosotis palustris, a boraginaceous plant of Europe, growing in damp or wet places, and naturalized in some parts of the United States.
- noun In Scotland and some parts of England, Veronica Chamœdrys.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A small perennial herb, of the genus Myosotis (
Myosotis scorpiodes ,Myosotis palustris ,Myosotis incespitosa , etc.), bearing a beautiful bright blue or white flowers, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
genus offlowering plants of thegenus Myosotis , mostly with asmall 5-petalledblue flower .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Then I can go through the "portable" (for crops) forget-me-not file boxes from Stampin 'Up for various events or people I want to scrapbook and once I've scrapbooked the event (say, July 4) I can put the remaining photos I don't use either in a people file (under me or Matt, etc.) or in a photo album.
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Then I can go through the "portable" (for crops) forget-me-not file boxes from Stampin 'Up for various events or people I want to scrapbook and once I've scrapbooked the event (say, July 4) I can put the remaining photos I don't use either in a people file (under me or Matt, etc.) or in a photo album.
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The oak branches represent strength, while the forget-me-not is a widely accepted symbol of remembrance for those who sacrificed their lives for our country.
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Yes, you get cute forget-me-not looking flowers in the spring, but forget the flowers.
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The design depicts a forget-me-not flower at the base of a wreath wrapped in a ribbon that cradles and supports clusters of oak branches.
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Why are your eyes such a pretty shade of forget-me-not blue?
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Why are your eyes such a pretty shade of forget-me-not blue?
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To add to the colour, carpets of bright blue forget-me-not flowers are also out.
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Why are your eyes such a pretty shade of forget-me-not blue?
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Why are your eyes such a pretty shade of forget-me-not blue?
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