forget-me-not
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- noun
- /fərˈɡɛt mi nɑt/
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- Valentine's arrangements had roses, of course, but also lilies for purity, heliotrope for devotion, and forget-me-nots for true love.
- blue forget-me-nots
- bouquet of forget-me-nots
- flowers of forget-me-nots
Examples
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I'm going to make it 15 layers with pink and blue forget-me-nots.
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I've knelt among forget-me-nots, collected their fragrance, and felt we've sprung from the same black rich loam.
Fiction book (1991) -
In her dream, the river was made of tears, and forget-me-nots grew along the banks.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then Sally's eyes grew moist and looked more than ever like forget-me-nots wet with dew.
Fiction book (1996) -
Beside the girl lay a shattered vase and a spray of blue-white forget-me-nots.
Fiction book (2000) -
Flowers bloomed in unexpected spots: scarlet peonies and blue-white forget-me-nots.
Fiction book (2000) -
It was a memory that came from the time when she used to pick wildflowers in the gorge: violets, forget-me-nots, and dandelions, and sell them to Cornell students for a nickel a bunch.
Fiction book (1995) -
A dainty wee lassie she was, in her homespun frock with the baby flush in her cheeks and her eyes as truly blue as the forget-me-nots peeping at her from the garden grass.
Fiction book (1996) -
In April, the northern end of the Sky Trail also produces iris and is good for forget-me-nots and milkmaids.
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Everywhere I look, the little alpine forget-me-nots are blooming more profusely each day.
Synonyms
A small plant with blue flowers often called forget-me-nots
A small plant with bright blue or white flowers that grows near water
A small plant with blue, purple, or white flowers that grows in woods and gardens
A small plant often grown in gardens with tiny blue, purple, or white flowers
A small plant with bright blue or white flowers that comes back each year
A plant that lives for two years with bright blue flowers often grown in gardens
A small plant that lives for two years and makes bright blue flowers
A plant from southern Africa with bright blue flowers often grown in gardens
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Forget-me-not comes from the simple phrase forget me not, meaning 'remember me'. One popular story says a knight, picking these small blue flowers, threw them to his love while shouting 'forget me not', and because of this the flower became a way to tell someone to remember you.