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GYPSOPHILA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Gypsophila mean?

• GYPSOPHILA (noun)
The noun GYPSOPHILA has 1 sense:

1. Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers

Familiarity information: GYPSOPHILA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GYPSOPHILA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gypsophila; Gypsophila

Hypernyms ("Gypsophila" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Gypsophila"):

babies'-breath; baby's breath; Gypsophila paniculata (tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers)

Holonyms ("Gypsophila" is a member of...):

carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))

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