Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the many flowering plants of the genus ''Gypsophila'', that have a profusion of small pink or white flowers.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gypsophila is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family , Caryophyllaceae . They are native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Turkey has a particularly high diversity of Gypsophila taxa, with about 35 endemic species. Some ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
genus of the pink family, 1771, Modern Latin, from Greek gypsos "chalk, gypsum" (see gypsum ) + philein "to love" (see philo- ).