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Scorpion grass
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myosotis
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Myosotis (; from the Greek : μυοσωτίς "mouse's ear", after the leaf) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae . In the northern hemisphere they are commonly called forget-me-nots or scorpion grasses . The common name "forget-me-not" was ...
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Myosotis \My`o*so"tis\, prop. n. [NL.; Gr. ?, lit., mouse ear.] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See Mouse-ear .
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any plant of the genus ''Myosotis'', the forget-me-nots.
Usage examples of myosotis.
In homeopathy the Anemone and the Forget-me-not are known as Pulsatilla and Myosotis, and chemists accustomed to the Latin names may be shocked to find Taraxacum under Dandelion, Podophyllum under Mandrake, and Calendula under Marigold.
So he climbed Sisbury with Ruth, who wore her bunch of artificial myosotis in her hat and thought him so right that she hardly noticed the absence of his hat.
The name 'Mouse-ear' is also applied to 'Mouse-ear Chickweed,' a plant of the genus Cerastium, to a plant of the genus Myosotis, valued for its medicinal properties, and to various kinds of Woundworts.