"baby's breath" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: baby's breaths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: baby's breath Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Carnation family plants, Flowers Related terms: baby's tears Translations (Gypsophila): جِيبْسُوفِيلَا (jībsūfīlā) [feminine] (Arabic), كُنْدُس (kundus) [masculine, obsolete] (Arabic), 石頭花 (Chinese Mandarin), 石头花 (shítouhuā) (Chinese Mandarin), raunikki (Finnish), gypsophile paniculée [feminine] (French), Gipskraut [neuter] (German), 霞草 (kasumisou) (alt: かすみそう) (Japanese), 안개꽃 (an'gaekkot) (Korean), iperige [feminine] (Romanian), floarea miresei [feminine] (Romanian), качи́м мете́льчатый (kačím metélʹčatyj) [masculine] (Russian), nube [feminine] (Spanish), velo de novia [masculine] (Spanish), brudslöja [common-gender] (Swedish)

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