love-in-a-mist
a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
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This is one of the most beautiful annuals there is, and its charming English name is love-in-a-mist.
The Children's Book of Gardening | Mrs. Alfred SidgwickPerhaps you will like some of your love-in-a-mist to form its handsome seed-pods and sow itself for next year.
The Children's Book of Gardening | Mrs. Alfred SidgwickIt was a faded blossom of love-in-a-mist—the flower she herself had given to Feathers the last time they drove this way.
A Bachelor Husband | Ruby M. Ayres
British Dictionary definitions for love-in-a-mist
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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