babe-in-a-cradle

noun

a tall orchid, Epiblema grandiflorum, of SW Australia with lilac to mauve flowers

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Word Origin for babe-in-a-cradle

named from a fancied resemblance of its column to a baby in a cradle

Words nearby babe-in-a-cradle

babbling brook, babcock test, babe, babe in arms, babe in the woods, babe-in-a-cradle, babel, babel, tower of, babelism, babelize, babelized
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