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INFANT'S-BREATH

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 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 Americaplay

  Familiarity information: INFANT'S-BREATH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INFANT'S-BREATH (noun)


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)


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