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Definition of Love-in-a-mist
1. Noun. Tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed.
Exact synonyms: Passiflora Foetida, Running Pop, Wild Water Lemon
Generic synonyms: Passionflower, Passionflower Vine
Generic synonyms: Passionflower, Passionflower Vine
2. Noun. Chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers.
Exact synonyms: Cerastium Tomentosum, Snow-in-summer
Generic synonyms: Chickweed, Clammy Chickweed, Mouse Ear, Mouse Eared Chickweed, Mouse-ear Chickweed
Generic synonyms: Chickweed, Clammy Chickweed, Mouse Ear, Mouse Eared Chickweed, Mouse-ear Chickweed
3. Noun. European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers.
Definition of Love-in-a-mist
1. Noun. Nigella damascena, an annual flowering plant of the genus ''Nigella'', the blooms of which are generally blue in colour, though also found in shades of pink, white or pale purple. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Love-in-a-mist
Literary usage of Love-in-a-mist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1821)
"LOVE IN A MIST. $o teazing is the girl I lore, So cruel-kind I find her, T would
to Heaven she would prove Or crueller or kinder. ..."
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