Definition of Myosotis

1. Noun. Forget-me-nots; scorpion grass.


Definition of Myosotis

1. n. A genus of plants. See Mouse- ear.

Definition of Myosotis

1. Noun. (qualifier botany) A plant of the genus ''Myosotis'', the forget-me-nots. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Myosotis

1. a flowering plant [n -TISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myosotis

myoscope
myoscopes
myoseki
myoses
myoseverin
myosin
myosins
myosis
myositic
myositides
myositis
myositis trichinosa
myositises
myosote
myosotes
myosotis (current term)
myosotises
myostatin
myotactic reflex
myotasis
myotatic
myotherapies
myotherapist
myotherapists
myotherapy
myotic
myotics
myotome
myotomes
myotomic

Literary usage of Myosotis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"E. Genus myosotis myosotis (Greek, mus, a mouse, and otis, an ear ; from the shape of the leaves). A genus including about thirty species of hardy annual ..."

2. Paxton's Flower Garden by John Lindley, Sir Joseph Paxton (1853)
"Stem decumbent, myosotis AZORICA ; caule basi ... myosotis azorica : II. C. Watson, in Bot. Mag., t. 4122. ..."

3. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"Ger. by Johns. 338, . cop. in M. scorpioides hirsuta. Park, theatr. 691. myosotis scorpioides arvensis. Caste % If'ilfe- met in med. comment, v. 298. ..."

4. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1814)
"The long slender stalks of the radical leaves afford another striking distinctive mark.—We have from M. Villars a specimen of this myosotis, by which it ..."

5. American Observer Medical Monthly (1874)
"Mr. Editor:—Let me say a word for myosotis in the East. ... When I received pure myosotis tincture, I began to give her the first decimal attenuation, ..."

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