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BABY TEARS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does baby tears mean?
• BABY TEARS (noun)
The noun BABY TEARS has 1 sense:
1. prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves
Familiarity information: BABY TEARS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
baby's tears; baby tears; Helxine soleirolia; Soleirolia soleirolii
Hypernyms ("baby tears" is a kind of...):
ground cover; groundcover (low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow)
Holonyms ("baby tears" is a member of...):
genus Helxine; genus Soleirolia; Helxine; Soleirolia (one species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb)
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