Definition of "nemophila" [nemophila]

• A genus of ornamental plants of the gamopetalous order Hydrophyllaceæ and the tribe Hydrophylleæ, known by the included stamens and the calyx with appendages; the grove-love. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "'We can get some seeds of different annuals, such as nemophila and candytuft, ourselves."
• "A tiny stream ran down the tiny valley through a tiny meadow that was carpeted knee-high with grass and blue and white nemophila."
• "Among many others we may particularise the fragrant white-flowered alyssum, the blue, dark purple, spotted, and white varieties of nemophila, white and pink virginian stock, and the large yellow buttercup-like flowered limnanthes."