babe-in-a-cradle

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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, babbling brook, Babcock test, babe, Bab ed-Din, babe-in-a-cradle, babe in arms, babe in the woods, Babel, Babelism, Babelize

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