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单词 myosote
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myosoten.

Brit. /ˈmʌɪəsəʊt/, U.S. /ˈmaɪəˌsoʊt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Myosotis.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Myosotis, genus name (see myosotis n.).
Now rare.
A forget-me-not, esp. Myosotis scorpioides.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > forget-me-not and allied flowers
forget-me-not?1533
scorpioides1578
scorpion grass1578
scorpion-wort1578
honeywort1597
mouse-ear1597
myosotis1857
myosote1858
1858 G. Bentham Handbk. Brit. Flora liii. 373 Among exotic genera, Echinospermum Lappula,..which has all the appearance and the small flowers of a Myosote but with triangular, very rough nuts.
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 414/1 The common or true Forget-me-not, the Water Myosote.
1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems ii. 5 And laden barges float By banks of myosote.
1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2883/1 One of the best known [of the genus Myosotís] is the myosote,..the blue forget-me-not.
1969 V. Nabokov Ada iii. v. 494 The red rubber of a favorite doll remained safely decomposed among the myosotes of an unanalyzable brook.
2003 M. Barnette Dog Days & Dandelions (e-book ed.) at Myosotis In English, myosotis is sometimes called mouse-ear or myosote.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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