love-in-a-mist

American  

[luhv-in-uh-mist] / ˈlʌv ɪn əˈmɪst /

noun

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

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love-in-a-mist British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of love-in-a-mist

First recorded in 1750–60

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Example Sentences

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love-in-a-mist

Hardy annuals, such as poppies, larkspur, love-in-a-mist and bachelor buttons, benefit from a winter chill and bloom earlier than a spring sowing.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2023

Little manila coin envelopes filled with seeds of a dark purple poppy, cobalt blue love-in-a-mist, fragrant sweet peas, ruby orach, rusty foxglove — and yes, Miss Willmott’s “ghost” — make up my garden’s currency.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2022

Annuals, like larkspur, love-in-a-mist, calendula and various poppies, flower and seed generously.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2022

In one poppy pod there are hundreds of seeds, enough to stock a garden, and the same is the case with the pretty pods of love-in-a-mist.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The piquant note of contrast is given by the blue insolent eyes and the hardly deeper blue blossoms of the love-in-a-mist held in the languid hands.

From Artists Past and Present Random Studies by Elisabeth Luther Cary

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