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GENUS MYOSOTIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Myosotis mean?
• GENUS MYOSOTIS (noun)
The noun GENUS MYOSOTIS has 1 sense:
1. forget-me-nots; scorpion grass
Familiarity information: GENUS MYOSOTIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forget-me-nots; scorpion grass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Myosotis; Myosotis
Hypernyms ("genus Myosotis" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Myosotis"):
garden forget-me-not; Myosotis sylvatica (small biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowers)
forget-me-not; mouse ear; Myosotis scorpiodes (small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Myosotis" is a member of...):
borage family; Boraginaceae; family Boraginaceae (a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit)
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