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soapwort |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Soapwort \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: soapwort n : plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised [syn: {hedge pink}, {bouncing Bet}, {bouncing Bess}, {Saponaria officinalis}]
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