n. Any of various plants of the genus Myosotis, which includes the forget-me-nots. [New Latin Myosōtis, genus name, from Latin myosōtis, mouse-ear, a kind of plant, from Greek muosōtis : muos, genitive of mūs, mouse; see mūs- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + ous, ōt-, ear; see ous- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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