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baby's breath

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
baby's breath
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genus, Gypsophila, of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

baby's breaths (plural)

Phrases

baby's tears

Frequently Paired Words

baby's tears

Synonyms

babies'-breath gypsophila paniculata

Questions

What does baby's breath mean?
A genus, Gypsophila, of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe, Asia and north Africa.

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