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Definition of Garden forget-me-not
1. Noun. Small biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Myosotis, Myosotis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garden Forget-me-not
Literary usage of Garden forget-me-not
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... and to match the sky the equally long and flexible stalks and flowers of the
garden forget-me-not, of which a bed was close at hand in full bloom. ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"garden forget-me-not Herbaceous annual Cultivated and occasionally naturalized.
Myosotis verna Nutt. Spring forget-me-not; Early scorpion-grass Herbaceous ..."
3. The Sunday at Home: A Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1884)
"There, about the rockery, were clusters of the garden forget- me-not ; showing
among the grey stones and the primrose mosses ;—azure surprises very dear to ..."
4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"... "Fruits and Vegetables," 1859; "Culture of Flowers," in twelve numbers,
1859-60 ; " Illustrated garden forget-me-not," 1860 ; " Midland Florist, ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"... servants come to their places in the Isle of Axholme. MARVIL.—(i) Marble.
(2) A marble with which children play. MARY AND JOSEPH.—garden forget-me-not. ..."
6. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... and to match the sky the equally long and flexible stalks and flowers of the
garden forget-me-not, of which a bed was close at hand in full bloom. ..."
7. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"garden forget-me-not Herbaceous annual Cultivated and occasionally naturalized.
Myosotis verna Nutt. Spring forget-me-not; Early scorpion-grass Herbaceous ..."
8. The Sunday at Home: A Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1884)
"There, about the rockery, were clusters of the garden forget- me-not ; showing
among the grey stones and the primrose mosses ;—azure surprises very dear to ..."
9. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"... "Fruits and Vegetables," 1859; "Culture of Flowers," in twelve numbers,
1859-60 ; " Illustrated garden forget-me-not," 1860 ; " Midland Florist, ..."
10. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"... servants come to their places in the Isle of Axholme. MARVIL.—(i) Marble.
(2) A marble with which children play. MARY AND JOSEPH.—garden forget-me-not. ..."