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 .
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/135

  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, ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/116

  8. soapwort
    soapwort, name for a soap plant of the pink family.
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  9. soapwort
    1) Bouncing bess 2) Bouncing bet 3) Flower 4) Hedge pink 5) Saponaria officinalis
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/soapwort/1

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