SOAPWORT

soapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalis

(noun) plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

soapwort (countable and uncountable, plural soapworts)

Any perennial herb of the genus Saponaria.

Source: Wiktionary


Soap"wort`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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