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nemophila
/ nəˈmɒfɪlə /
noun
- any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nemophila1
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Example Sentences
Another bed, I trust, may be successful in another way—it is a bed of the blue Nemophila insignis.
Last year we tried with the Nemophila, but we were too soon, and the frost caught us and destroyed our plants.
The Nemophila bed, I hear, gradually filled up and became a perfect sheet of brilliant blue.
I was so pleased with the Nemophila bed of last May that I am repeating the experiment on a larger scale.
I shall have one bed of Nemophila, and another of Virginian Stock.
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