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    GENUS GYPSOPHILA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Gypsophila; Gypsophila

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Gypsophila"):

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

    Holonyms ("genus 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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