Myosotis

See also: myosotis and myosótis

Translingual

Myosotis arvensis

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (muosōtís), from μῠός (muós, “mouse's”) + stem of οὖς (oûs, “ear”), from the shape of the leaves.

Proper noun

Myosotis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – the forget-me-nots.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; unassigned euasterids I; Boraginaceae - family; Boraginoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Myosotis scorpioides - type species. See Myosotis on WikispeciesWikispecies or Myosotis at The Plant List for species.

Further reading

• Myosotis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Myosotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Myosotis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Myosotis at USDA Plants database
• Myosotis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Myosotis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Myosotis at The Plant List