baby's tears
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌbeɪbiz ˈtɪəz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌbeɪbiz ˈtɪəɹz/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
- Hyphenation: ba‧by’s tears
Noun[edit]
- Any of various plants having parts (such as leaves or spots on leaves, petals, etc.) resembling teardrops; specifically, angel's tears (Soleirolia soleirolii), a plant in the nettle family grown as a green, mossy ground cover.
- (Soleirolia soleirolii): Synonyms: mind-your-own-business, mother of thousands
Alternative forms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Soleirolia soleirolii
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References[edit]
- ^ “baby’s tears, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, February 2024; “baby’s tears, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading[edit]
Soleirolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Soleirolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Soleirolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bō-
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- en:Nettle family plants