[bey-beez-teerz] 
) | a mosslike plant, Soleirolia (or Helxine) soleirolii, of the nettle family, native to Corsica and Sardinia, having small, roundish leaves and minute flowers. |
| baby's tears also ba·by-tears (bā'bē-tîrz') pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An evergreen, mat-forming perennial (Soleirolia soleirolii) native to Corsica and Sardinia, grown as an ornamental for its numerous tiny, roundish leaves. |