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| gyp·soph·i·la [ jip sóffilə ] |
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flowering plant with tiny flowers: a plant of the carnation family popular in bouquets. Flowers: tiny, white or pink, on long branching stalks. Native to: Mediterranean. Genus Gypsophila.
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| [Late 18th century. < modern Latin, "chalk-loving" < Greek gupsos "chalk," because it grows in chalky soil] |
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