baby's breath
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- noun Any of several Eurasian plants of the genus Gypsophila, such as G. paniculata, having numerous small, white flowers in profusely branched panicles. It is especially popular in flower arrangements and bouquets.
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- When it returned, it reported in a voice made sweet with baby's breath and tart with brine. — F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
- A transport jobber hints at a ship he has available—not the fastest in the fleet, but the captain can hold it to within a baby's breath of light speed, right where relativistic time dilation effects are most acute. — Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2002
- All of us, even our calico wonder, were wearing wreaths around our heads, woven with white roses and red carnations, interspersed with baby's breath and soft fern fronds. — Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 2] - Changeling
- The other girl clearly didn't want to be in the picture and she contributed little beyond a bland attractiveness — blond hair, blue dress, baby's breath corsage. — Land of the Blind by Jess Walter
- With Sir Thomas's spray of white rosebuds and baby's breath had come a note, properly worded and lightly touched—but only lightly—with sentiment, as became a man of maturity and sense. — Chase, Loretta - Knave's Wager
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