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love-in-a-mist

love-in-a-mist 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.

love-in-a-mist: nigella damascena, an annual flowering plant of the genus Nigella, the blooms of which are...
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Noun

love-in-a-mist (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Synonyms of love-in-a-mist

Questions about love-in-a-mist

What does love-in-a-mist mean?
Love-in-a-mist means 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.
What part of speech is love-in-a-mist?
Love-in-a-mist is a noun.

Words near love-in-a-mist in the dictionary

  1. love-hates
  2. love-hating
  3. love-hatred
  4. love-hatreds
  5. love-in
  6. love-in-a-mist
  7. love-in-idleness
  8. love-in-winter
  9. love-ins
  10. love-joust
  11. love-knot

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