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BABY'S BREATH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does baby's breath mean?
• BABY'S BREATH (noun)
The noun BABY'S BREATH has 1 sense:
1. tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
Familiarity information: BABY'S BREATH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
babies'-breath; baby's breath; Gypsophila paniculata
Hypernyms ("baby's breath" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("baby's breath" is a member of...):
genus Gypsophila; Gypsophila (Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers)
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