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forget-me-not

Syllabification: (for·get-me-not)

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a low-growing plant of the borage family that typically has blue flowers and is a popular ornamental.
- Myosotis and other genera, family Boraginaceae: several species, in particular the common water forget-me-not (M. scorpioides), whose bright blue flowers have a yellow, pink, or white center

Origin:

mid 16th century: translating the Old French name ne m'oubliez mye; said to have the virtue of ensuring that the wearer of the flower would never be forgotten by a lover

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