baby's breath

baby's breath

English

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.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 304:

     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 […]

Translations

Gypsophila

Arabic: جِيبْسُوفِيلَا‎ f (jībsūfīlā), كُنْدُس‎ m (kundus) (obsolete) Chinese: Mandarin: 石頭花, 石头花 (shítouhuā) Finnish: raunikki (fi) French: gypsophile paniculée f German: Gipskraut n Japanese: 霞草 (ja) (かすみそう, kasumisou) Korean: 안개꽃 (ko) (an'gaekkot) Romanian: iperige (ro) f, floarea miresei f Russian: качи́м мете́льчатый m (kačím metélʹčatyj) Spanish: nube (es) f, velo de novia m Swedish: brudslöja (sv) c