baby's tears

noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction

variants or less commonly baby tears

: a prostrate or creeping sparsely hairy Corsican herb (Soleirolia soleirolii synonym Helxine soleirolii) of the family Urticaceae often grown especially as a house plant for its mosslike small round short-stalked leaves

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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