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
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
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
