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love-in-a-mist

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love-in-a-mist (lvn--mst)
n.
A Mediterranean plant (Nigella damascena) having blue or whitish flowers surrounded by numerous threadlike bracts.
love-in-a-mist
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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
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Noun1.love-in-a-mist - tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bractslove-in-a-mist - tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed
Passiflora foetida, running pop, wild water lemon
passionflower, passionflower vine - any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit
2.love-in-a-mist - chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers
Cerastium tomentosum, snow-in-summer
clammy chickweed, mouse eared chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed, mouse ear, chickweed - any of various plants related to the common chickweed
3.love-in-a-mist - European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers
Nigella damascena
nigella - any plant of the genus Nigella
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Quaking grass signifies frivolity and grass admits submission; love-in-a-mist says "you puzzle me".
The secret language of flowers by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
Self-seeders include annual poppies, foxgloves, lady's mantle, aquilega and love-in-a-mist, which will pop up all over the place in future years.
Gone to seed; Now is the time to sow the seeds of success for the ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Self-seeders include annual poppies, foxgloves, lady's mantle, aquilega and love-in-a-mist, which will pop up all over the place in future years.
Time to start gathering seeds; gardening by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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