baby's tears

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English

WOTD – 1 June 2024

Etymology

Soleirolia soleirolii, known as baby’s tears.

From baby +‎ -’s +‎ tears.[1]

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Noun

baby's tears pl (plural only)

  1. 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

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  1. ^ “baby’s tears, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, February 2024; “baby’s tears, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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