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love-in-a-mist

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
love-in-a-mist
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

Usage

Synonyms

nigella devil-in-a-bush devil-in-a-mist devil-in-the-bush nigella damascena snow-in-summer cerastium tomentosum running pop wild water lemon passiflora foetida

Questions

What does love-in-a-mist mean?
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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