What Does Gypsophila Mean. Gypsophila n genus of the pink family 1771 from Modern Latin Linnaeus from Greek gypsos chalk gypsum. Single very tiny white flowers about 116 inches across hundreds in a spray.
Slender sharp-pointed leaves 2124 inches long. The flower we commonly call the babys breath is better known as the Gypsophila family. Gypsophila A small genus of annuals and herbaceous perennials that produce abundant airy sprays of tiny white flowers.
GYPSOPHILA noun Sense 1.
A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae babys breath and related plants. Agave gypsophila Gypsum Century Plant - This small mostly solitary rosette forming succulent grows to 2 to 3 feet tall and as wide with an open rosette of wavy gray colored leaves with small narrowly-spaced soft spines along the margins. Today it is regularly used by florists as a filler flower in arrangements offering both white and pink varieties to blend with a range of flowers. The reason why it is widely known as Babys Breath is that its charming and innocence look which resembles a little baby.