love-in-a-mist

love-in-a-mist
noun Date: circa 1760 an Old World annual herb (Nigella damascena) of the buttercup family having usually blue or white flowers enveloped in numerous finely dissected bracts

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  • love-in-a-mist — [luv′in΄ə mist′] n. an annual European plant (Nigella damascena) of the buttercup family, with finely cut leaves and blue or white flowers …   English World dictionary

  • love-in-a-mist — love′ in a mist′ n. pln a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers …   From formal English to slang

  • love-in-a-mist — noun 1. tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed • Syn: ↑running pop, ↑wild water lemon, ↑Passiflora foetida • Hypernyms: ↑passionflower, ↑passionflower vine 2. chickweed with hairy silver grey… …   Useful english dictionary

  • love-in-a-mist — darželinė juodgrūdė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Vėdryninių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Nigella damascena), paplitęs šiaurės Afrikoje, pietų Europoje ir pietvakarių Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Nigella damascena angl. Damask… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • love-in-a-mist — juodgrūdė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Vėdryninių (Ranunculaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Nigella). atitikmenys: lot. Nigella angl. fennel flower; love in a mist; nigella vok. Kreuzkümmel; Schwarzkümmel rus. чернушка lenk. czarnuszka …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • love-in-a-mist — juodgrūdė statusas T sritis augalininkystė atitikmenys: lot. Nigella angl. fenel flower; love in a mist; nigella rus. чернушка …   Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas

  • love-in-a-mist — /luv in euh mist /, n. a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers. [1750 60] * * * ▪ plant       (Nigella damascena), an annual herbaceous plant of the buttercup family… …   Universalium

  • love-in-a-mist — /lʌv ɪn ə ˈmɪst/ (say luv in uh mist) noun a herbaceous plant, Nigella damascena, with feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers …  

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