baby's tears
(also babies' tears)
noun
Any of various plants characterized by some feature considered to resemble small teardrops, as the shape and size of the leaves or petals, teardrop-shaped markings on the leaves, etc.; specifically the helxine, Soleirolia soleirolii.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Canadian Florist.
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- nitrocellulose
- nitrochalk
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- nitroethane
- nitroform
- nitrofuran
- nitrofurantoin
- nitrofurazone
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