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forget-me-not

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forget-me-not: see borage borage (bŏr`əj, bŭr`–)
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forget-me-not

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Woods forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
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Any of about 50 species of plants that make up the genus Myosotis, in the borage family, native to temperate Eurasia and North America and to mountains of the Old World tropics. Some are favoured as garden plants for their clusters of blue flowers. The woods forget-me-not (M. sylvatica), like most other species, changes colour from pink to blue as the tubular, flaring, five-lobed flower matures.

forget-me-not
of Alaska. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 625]
See : Flower, State
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It was little Jammes--the girl with the tip-tilted nose, the forget-me-not eyes, the rose-red cheeks and the lily-white neck and shoulders--who gave the explanation in a trembling voice:
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
His eyes were of the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy, save when he was plunging his hook into you, at which time two red spots appeared in them and lit them up horribly.
The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
She laughed nervously as she spoke, and watched him with her vague forget-me-not eyes.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar View in context
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