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Soapwort

Soapwort Meaning & Definition
Soapwort Definition And Meaning

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

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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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