Myosotis sylvatica
- noun
- Specialized
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Myosotis sylvatica
- The shady garden bed was filled with bright blue Myosotis sylvatica in early spring.
Examples
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She identified the delicate blossoms as Myosotis sylvatica while hiking in the forest.
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Have you seen the Myosotis sylvatica blooming in the park?
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Many wildflower enthusiasts plant Myosotis sylvatica to attract bees and butterflies.
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The garden was filled with beautiful Myosotis sylvatica flowers.
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Many wildflower enthusiasts plant Myosotis sylvatica to attract bees and butterflies.
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The shady garden bed was filled with bright blue Myosotis sylvatica in early spring.
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She identified the delicate blossoms as Myosotis sylvatica while hiking in the forest.
Synonyms
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A small plant with bright blue or white flowers that comes back every year
A small plant often grown in gardens with tiny blue, purple, or white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Myosotis + sylvatica
This is a Latin scientific binomial (a genus name plus a Latin epithet). The second element 'sylvatica' is a Latin adjective (not a common English word) and both parts are specialist botanical vocabulary, so an average B1 learner who knows everyday English words would not be able to derive the common-plant meaning from the constituents.
Etymology
Myosotis sylvatica is called the 'forget me not' because of a simple memory story. One popular tale says a man picking the small blue flowers by a river fell in and threw the flowers to his loved one while shouting 'forget me not', so the flower came to mean 'remember me' and is a sign of remembrance.