babies'-breath
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- noun
- /ˈbeɪbiz brɛθ/
:
flor de bebé
- The florist suggested adding some baby's breath to the arrangement for a delicate touch.
- a sprig of babies'-breath
- roses and babies'-breath
- pink babies'-breath
Examples
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The day the shortstop died, Katie Mays was in the kitchen, arranging a sprig of baby's breath, fresh from the garden, onto her father's breakfast tray.
Fiction book (1990) -
The early bulbs were all finished, and now irises were making a show, and baby's breath had come into bloom, making the irises appear to rise from white clouds.
Fiction book (1990) -
Carmen has chosen: pink and white rosebuds with baby's breath.
Fiction book (1995) -
Nude as a marble statue, she walks with roses and baby's breath in her hands.
Fiction book (1992) -
I got to carry a bouquet of pink rosebuds and baby's breath.
Fiction book (1997) -
Orvil smelled the new, green grass, a smell as sweet as a baby's breath, and felt his heart begin to ache.
Fiction book (1995) -
It was a lovely thing of pink, lavender, and white flowers, frothed in baby's breath.
Fiction book (1991) -
She clenched her fists, and she held a bouquet of pink roses and baby's breath.
Fiction book (1995) -
She plucked a weed from a large terra-cotta pot full of begonias, baby's breath, and copper-yellow marigolds.
Fiction book (1991) -
The white gazebo backdrop looks like the plastic top of a wedding cake, with greenery and baby's breath poked into its latticework like that phony, inedible icing.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
A tall plant with many small white or pink flowers used in flower arrangements
A small plant with many tiny white flowers used in flower arrangements
A tall plant with thin stems and many small white or pink flowers used in bouquets
A small garden plant with many tiny white or pink flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Babies'-breath is a picture name: the many tiny, cloud-like flowers look like a baby's light 'breath' or soft puffs. That's why this plant is used to give a delicate touch in bouquets.