Definition of Bouncing Bet

1. Noun. Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised.

Exact synonyms: Bouncing Bess, Hedge Pink, Saponaria Officinalis, Soapwort
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Saponaria, Saponaria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bouncing Bet

bounced check
bounced off the walls
bouncedown
bouncedowns
bounceless
bouncer
bouncers
bounces
bounces off the walls
bouncier
bounciest
bouncily
bounciness
bouncing
bouncing Bess
bouncing Bet (current term)
bouncing Betties
bouncing Betty
bouncing betty
bouncing bomb
bouncing bombs
bouncing castle
bouncing castles
bouncing off the walls
bouncing putty
bouncingly
bouncy
bouncy ball
bouncy castle
bouncy castles

Literary usage of Bouncing Bet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Days and Deeds: A Book of Verse for Children's Reading and Speaking by Elizabeth Shepard Butler Stevenson (1906)
"RAGGED ROBIN AND bouncing Bet By the roadside, rain or shine, You'll find two jolly good friends of mine; Sturdier comrades never were yet— Ragged Robin and ..."

2. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"bouncing Bet. bouncing Bet bouncing Bet, or Soapwort. comes to us Saponaria from Europe; she is a cultivated rather than a wild character. ..."

3. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"... when it was discovered that no fence could limit their activities or check their advance, they were discarded; and now as va- bouncing Bet. ..."

4. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"bouncing Bet. SOAPWORT. Saponaria officinali!. Pink Family. Stem. ... bouncing Bet is of a sociable turn and is seldom found far from civilization, ..."

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