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baby's breath

baby's breath noun: a genus, Gypsophila, of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa.

Noun

baby's breath (countable and uncountable, plural baby's breaths)

  1. A genus, Gypsophila, of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa.
    • A tumult erupts when the Major, in full dress uniform and pressing a corsage of orchids and baby's breath to his bosom, steps out on to the verandah […]1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 304

baby's breath meaning in Arabic

baby's breath in Arabic

Gypsophila
جِيبْسُوفِيلَا jībsūfīlā, كُنْدُس kundus, جِصِّيَّة jiṣṣiyya, رُقَيِّقَة ruqayyiqa, نُعَيِّمَة nuʕayyima

Forms of baby's breath

pluralbaby's breaths

Questions about baby's breath

What does baby's breath mean?
Baby's breath means a genus, Gypsophila, of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa.
What is baby's breath in Arabic?
Baby's breath in Arabic is جِيبْسُوفِيلَا (jībsūfīlā), كُنْدُس (kundus), جِصِّيَّة (jiṣṣiyya). See Baby's breath meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is baby's breath?
Baby's breath is a noun.
What is the plural of baby's breath?
The plural of baby's breath is baby's breaths.

Words near baby's breath in the dictionary

  1. baby wipes
  2. baby wrangler
  3. baby wranglers
  4. baby yoga
  5. baby's bottle
  6. baby's breath
  7. baby's breaths
  8. baby's head
  9. baby's tears
  10. baby-bangs
  11. baby-boomer

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