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n. - European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers; Chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers; Tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts.

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  • And what better place to fall dazed than love-in-a-mist?
  • I have planted bulbs of a Mentone creeper, love-in-a-mist, heather, sweet peas and canna seeds.
  • The love-in-a-mist however is all over buds and I'm very excited every morning, hoping that one of them will have finally opened.
  • At large in the unsustaining air, flew clear over the lawn across the breadth of the garden and fell, Icarian, dazed, among hollyhocks, snapdragons, love-in-a-mist, and...
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