garden forget-me-not
- noun
- /ˈɡɑrdən fɔrˈɡɛt mi nɑt/
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- Many gardeners choose to plant garden forget-me-not for its delicate colors and easy care.
Examples
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The garden forget-me-not is often used to brighten shady corners in flower beds.
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The garden forget-me-not produces charming clusters of blue flowers that attract bees in the spring.
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Garden forget-me-not blooms early in spring with masses of tiny blue flowers.
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The garden forget-me-not blooms beautifully in spring.
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I planted garden forget-me-nots along the pathway.
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In her garden, she loves to see the garden forget-me-not thrive among the other colorful blooms.
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Every spring, the garden forget-me-not adds a lovely touch to the flower bed with its small, delicate flowers.
Synonyms
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A small plant with bright blue or white flowers that comes back every year
A small plant with blue, purple, or white flowers that grows in woods and gardens
A small plant with blue flowers often called forget-me-nots
A small plant with bright blue or white flowers that grows near water
Surface Forms
Morphology
garden + forget-me-not
This is a straightforward nominal compounding where 'garden' modifies the plant name 'forget-me-not', so the meaning is simply a forget-me-not grown or used in gardens. The compositional pattern (noun + noun modifier) is cross-linguistically common and non-idiomatic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Garden forget-me-not comes from a simple old story. One popular tale says a knight picked the tiny blue flowers for his love, fell into a river, and threw the flowers to her while shouting 'forget me not'. That's why the little flower became a sign of 'remembering' someone.