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.

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Meanings

nounlove-in-a-mist (uncountable)
  1. uncountableNigella 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: nigella, devil-in-a-bush, devil-in-a-mist, devil-in-the-bush

Synonyms & antonyms

nounNigella 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.

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nountropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed

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running popwild water lemonPassiflora foetida
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passionflowerpassionflower vine

nounchickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers

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snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
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mouse-ear chickweedmouse eared chickweedmouse ear

nounEuropean garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers

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Nigella damascena
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan flor d'aranya, niella
  • flor d'aranyaNigella damascena
  • niellaNigella damascena
Chinese Mandarin 黑種草 /黑种草
  • 黑種草 /黑种草 (hēizhǒngcǎo)Nigella damascena
Danish jomfru i det grønne
  • jomfru i det grønneNigella damascena
Dutch juffertje-in-het-groen
  • juffertje-in-het-groenNigella damascena
Finnish tarhaneito
  • tarhaneitoNigella damascena
French nigelle de Damas
  • nigelle de DamasNigella damascena
German Jungfer im Grünen
  • Jungfer im GrünenNigella damascena
Italian fanciullaccia
  • fanciullacciaNigella damascena
Japanese 黒種草
  • 黒種草 (kurotane-sou)Nigella damascena
Polish czarnuszka damasceńska
  • czarnuszka damasceńskaNigella damascena
Portuguese barba-de-velho, dama-entre-verdes
  • barba-de-velhoNigella damascena
  • dama-entre-verdesNigella damascena
Romanian chica-voinicului, nigeluță
  • chica-voiniculuiNigella damascena
  • nigeluțăNigella damascena
Russian черну́шка, черну́шка дама́сская
  • черну́шка (černúška)Nigella damascena
  • черну́шка дама́сская (černúška damásskaja)Nigella damascena
Spanish arañuela, cabellos de Venus
  • arañuelaNigella damascena
  • cabellos de VenusNigella damascena
Swedish jungfrun i det gröna
  • jungfrun i det grönaNigella damascena
Welsh glas y niwl
  • glas y niwlNigella damascena
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“love-in-a-mist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love-in-a-mist. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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