Definitions for forget-me-not

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forget-me-not for·get-me-not

Spelling: [fer-get-mee-not]

IPA: /fərˈgɛt miˌnɒt/

Forget-Me-Not is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 442 anagrams from letters in forget-me-not (--eefgmnoortt).

Definitions for forget-me-not

noun

1. either of two small Old World plants, Myosotis sylvatica or M. scorpioides, of the borage family, having a light-blue flower commonly regarded as an emblem of constancy and friendship.
2. any of several other plants of the genus Myosotis.
3. any of various similar plants, especially of the genus Anchusa or Cynoglossum.

Origin of forget-me-not

1525-35; translation of Middle French ne m'oubliez mye

Examples for forget-me-not

There are more than a dozen sorts of speedwells, but the forget-me-not is the prettiest.

The last one I went to I had a great success as a forget-me-not.

The Father kindly looked Him down and said, “forget-me-not.”

Miss Doreen sleeps in the forget-me-not Room; everything is blue there.

She flung off the forget-me-not wreath and turned to Rosamund.

Walk down to the forget-me-not with us, you two, said Priscilla.

She stared at him, her forget-me-not eyes dilating with dismay.

There was a touch of fire in the forget-me-not blue of her eyes.

He opened it eagerly, and a sprig of forget-me-not fell into his hand.

Could you tell me the origin of the name "forget-me-not" as applied to flowers?