different between myosote vs myosotis

English

Noun

myosote (countable and uncountable, plural myosotes)

1. (botany) Myosotis.
   • before 1899, Robert Seymour Bridges, There is a Hill:

     And laden barges float

     By banks of myosote;

     And scented flag and golden flower-de-lys

     Delay the loitering boat.

Anagrams

• toysome

English

Etymology

From Latin myos?tis (“plant with leaves like a mouse's ears”), from Koine Ancient Greek ???????? (muos?tís), from genitive form of Ancient Greek ??? (mûs, “mouse”) + nominative plural form of ??? (oûs, “ear”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m????s??t?s/

Noun

myosotis (plural myosotises)

1. Any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87:

     Cut all the myosotis there is.

Related terms

• myosote

See also

• myosotis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• myosotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin myosotis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (muos?tís, “mouse's ear; forget-me-not”). It is so named because the shape of the petals resembles that of a mouse's ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mj?.z?.tis/

Noun

myosotis m (plural myosotis)

1. forget-me-not

Further reading

• “myosotis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).