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love-in-a-mist

[ luhv-in-uh-mist ]

noun

  1. a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.


love-in-a-mist

noun

  1. an erect S European ranunculaceous plant, Nigella damascena, cultivated as a garden plant, having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers See also fennelflower
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of love-in-a-mist1

First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences

This is one of the most beautiful annuals there is, and its charming English name is Love-in-a-mist.

Perhaps you will like some of your Love-in-a-mist to form its handsome seed-pods and sow itself for next year.

It was a faded blossom of love-in-a-mist—the flower she herself had given to Feathers the last time they drove this way.

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