any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
Word origin
New Latin, from Greek nemos a grove + philein to love
nemophila in American English
(niˈmɑfələ; nəˈmɑfələ)
noun
any of a genus (Nemophila) of annual W American plants of the waterleaf family, cultivated for garden ornament
Word origin
ModL < Gr nemos, a wooded pasture, orig. wooded valley (< IE base *nem-, to bend, form a hollow > namaste) + ModL -phila, suffix indicating attraction toward < L, neut. pl. of -philus, -philous