Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various plants of the genus Gypsophila, having small white or pink flowers, such as baby's breath.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of Caryophyllaceæ, allied to the pinks (Dianthus), of about 50 species, chiefly of the Mediterranean region. They are slender, graceful herbs, with numerous very small panicled flowers. G. paniculata and G. elegans are often cultivated for ornament.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of many flowering plants, of the genus Gypsophila, that have a profusion of small pink or white flowers
WordNet 3.0
- n. Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
Etymologies
- New Latin Gypsophila, genus name : Greek gupsos, chalk; see gypsum + Greek philos, loving; see -phile. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Zanele presented the Queen with a bouquet of pink roses and white gypsophila as she stepped off the British Airways flight which brought her from London.”
“For fine white flowers we have the showy achilleas in variety and gypsophila paniculata, called baby breath as a common name.”
“I had almost given up the double baby breath (gypsophila paniculata, fl. pl.), but finally it came all the way down the bed, about every five or six feet, between the delphinium and the phlox.”
“In the middle of the summer it was one tangled mass of lilies, delphinium, phlox and gypsophila, their perfume filling the whole garden.”
“And in a room you would select a vase that would harmonize with the coloring," added Margaret, who was mixing sweetpeas in loose bunches with feathery gypsophila.”
“They queued for appointments to have spectacular couture headdresses especially made for them out of hydrangeas, gypsophila, daisies, fake roses, tinsel and toy parts by Kirchhoff, Meadham and Mazhar.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“I have hydrangea flower-heads, hypericum berries and even some of my old gypsophila drying off in the shed to use in swags, wreaths and other Christmas arrangements.”
“FLOWERS: The bride carried a bouquet of gypsophila with diamante from Bloomsbury,”
“She carried a bouquet of lisianthus, freesia, spray carnations and gypsophila.”
“Six 12-foot real pine trees will be dusted with white dendrobium and gypsophila to give the appearance of snow.”
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jennarenn Baby's breath, with thanks to Treeseed. Feb 10, 2008