nemophila

/ nəˈmɒfɪlə /

noun

1. any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae

Word History and Origins

Origin of nemophila¹

New Latin, from Greek nemos a grove + philein to love

Example Sentences

Among many others we may particularise the fragrant white-flowered alyssum, the blue, dark purple, spotted, and white varieties of nemophila, white and pink virginian stock, and the large yellow buttercup-like flowered limnanthes.

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Before us is a field of blue nemophilas.

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The small flowers particularly essential in separating the larger ones are white and yellow jasmine, nemophila cineraria, verbenas, myrtle, honeysuckle, etc., etc.

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And there was always mignonette and nemophila in window-boxes, so sweet in the evening air?

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A tiny stream ran down the tiny valley through a tiny meadow that was carpeted knee-high with grass and blue and white nemophila.

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