love-in-a-mist

[ luhv-in-uh-mist ]
/ ˈlʌv ɪn əˈmɪst /

noun

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

Origin of love-in-a-mist

First recorded in 1750–60

Words nearby love-in-a-mist

love wave, love your enemies, love's labour's lost, love-entangle, love-in, love-in-a-mist, love-in-idleness, love-lies-bleeding, loveable, lovebird, lovebite

Example sentences from the Web for 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.

    The Children's Book of Gardening |Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

  • 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 Sidgwick

  • 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.

    A Bachelor Husband |Ruby M. Ayres

British Dictionary definitions for love-in-a-mist

love-in-a-mist

noun

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