# forget-me-not

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/

## Definitions
1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
2. Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum
3. A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
4. Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.

## Etymology
Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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