About The Word Soapwort
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Soapwort
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What's The Definition Of Soapwort?
[n] plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
Synonyms | Synonyms for Soapwort: bouncing Bess | bouncing Bet | hedge pink | Saponaria officinalis Related Terms | Find terms related to Soapwort: See Also | flower | genus Saponaria | Saponaria Soapwort In Webster's Dictionary \Soap"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A common plant ({Saponaria officinalis}) of the Pink family;
-- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in
water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also
{Bouncing Bet}.
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