English Dictionary |
INFANT'S-BREATH
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does infant's-breath mean?
• INFANT'S-BREATH (noun)
The noun INFANT'S-BREATH has 1 sense:
1. Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
Familiarity information: INFANT'S-BREATH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
false baby's breath; Galium mollugo; infant's-breath; white bedstraw; white madder; wild madder
Hypernyms ("infant's-breath" is a kind of...):
bedstraw (any of several plants of the genus Galium)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." (English proverb)
"Someone else's pain is easy to carry" (Breton proverb)
"If a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity." (Arabic proverb)
"He who takes no chances wins nothing." (Danish proverb)
"Someone else's pain is easy to carry" (Breton proverb)
"If a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity." (Arabic proverb)
"He who takes no chances wins nothing." (Danish proverb)