love-in-a-mist

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsrunning popwild water lemonPassiflora foetida

   Broaderpassionflower
2. 2.

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

   Synonymssnow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum

   Broadermouse-ear chickweed
3. 3.

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

   SynonymsNigella damascena

   Broadernigella

Questions about love-in-a-mist

What does love-in-a-mist mean?

love-in-a-mist means "tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in love-in-a-mist?

love-in-a-mist has 4 syllables: lo-ve-i-n-a--mist. The stress falls on "ve-i".

What is another word for love-in-a-mist?

Close synonyms include running pop, wild water lemon, Passiflora foetida, snow-in-summer, Cerastium tomentosum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is love-in-a-mist a common word?

love-in-a-mist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.