Look up: Soap-wort

1. Soapwort
   Soapwort (Saponaria) is a genus of plants of the family Caryophyllaceae. Fuller's Herb (Saponaria officinalis) is a perennial herb native to central and southern Europe where it grows in damp waste land, hedges and by streams. It has a branched, orange coloured, creeping rhizome and a tuft of erect ...
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2. soapwort
   [n] - plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
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3. Soapwort
   Soap'wort` noun (Botany) 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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4. soapwort
   <botany> 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. ... Synonym: Bouncing Bet. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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5. soapwort
   hedge pink noun plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
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6. Soapwort
   • (n.) 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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7. soapwort
   any of several plants of the genus Saponaria (about 40 species), in the pink family (Caryophyllaceae). While most are weedy, a few are cultivated, ...
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8. soapwort
   soapwort, name for a soap plant of the pink family.
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