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单词 love-in-a-mist
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Definition of love-in-a-mist in English:

love-in-a-mist

noun
  • A Mediterranean plant of the buttercup family, that bears blue flowers surrounded by delicate threadlike green bracts, giving a hazy appearance to the flowers.

    黑种草

    Nigella damascena, family Ranunculaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Huguette's favourite shade of hydrangea is blue and these along with lavenders, forget-me-nots, love-in-a-mists among others provide the blue tones throughout the garden.
    • Summer flowers constitute most of the cutting garden Benjamin envisioned, but she also included a few early starters like love-in-a-mist and bishop's lace.
    • Other quick-growing plants worth looking out for include love-in-a-mist (Nigella); pot marigold (Calendula); Iceland poppies and nasturtium (Tropaeolum).
    • Its ruffled, lavender-pink flowers look like they belong in a grandmother's garden with feverfew and love-in-a-mist.
    • Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.

Definition of love-in-a-mist in US English:

love-in-a-mist

nounˌləvənəˈmistˌləvənəˈmɪst
  • A Mediterranean plant of the buttercup family, that bears blue flowers surrounded by delicate threadlike green bracts, giving a hazy appearance to the flowers.

    黑种草

    Nigella damascena, family Ranunculaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Summer flowers constitute most of the cutting garden Benjamin envisioned, but she also included a few early starters like love-in-a-mist and bishop's lace.
    • Other quick-growing plants worth looking out for include love-in-a-mist (Nigella); pot marigold (Calendula); Iceland poppies and nasturtium (Tropaeolum).
    • Its ruffled, lavender-pink flowers look like they belong in a grandmother's garden with feverfew and love-in-a-mist.
    • Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.
    • Huguette's favourite shade of hydrangea is blue and these along with lavenders, forget-me-nots, love-in-a-mists among others provide the blue tones throughout the garden.
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