Dictionary entry

Forget-me-not

Webster's Dictionary 1913

For‐get″–me–not′ (?), n. [Cf. G. vergissmeinnicht.] (Bot.) A small herb, of the genus Myosotis (M. palustris, incespitosa, etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.

☞ Formerly the name was given to the Ajuga Chamæpitus.