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Definition of Saponaria
1. Noun. Mostly perennial Old World herbs.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Carnation Family, Caryophyllaceae, Family Caryophyllaceae, Pink Family
Member holonyms: Bouncing Bess, Bouncing Bet, Hedge Pink, Saponaria Officinalis, Soapwort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saponaria
Literary usage of Saponaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"The name of saponaria alludes to the soapy properties of the British species, as
even the leaves will make a lather, and take out spots of grease, &c., ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine Or Flower-garden Displayedby William Curtis, John Sims by William Curtis, John Sims (1803)
"2. p. 87. LYCHNIS vel Ocymoides repens montanum. Bauh.Pin. 206. The saponaria
Ocymoides lias been figured in the appendix to the fifth volume of the Flora ..."
3. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"It is altogether of a bolder type than saponaria, beds of it forming ... There are
white varieties both of saponaria and Silène that are equally Fig. 1. ..."
4. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The globular seeds of Vaccaria parviflora Moench (saponaria Vac- caria L.) ...
Soapwort, or bouncing bet (saponaria officinalis L.), a common roadside weed ..."
5. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"... which is sparingly soluble in water. Old woody roots are rarely collected.
Properties.—Alterative, resembling sarsaparilla. saponaria ..."
6. The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural by John Lee Williams (1837)
"Sapindus saponaria, do. near the sea coast. Winter Plumb. Prunus hiemalis, do.
back from the coast Gordonia. G. lasianthus, do. Shrubs. Buttonwood. ..."
7. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"The name of saponaria alludes to the soapy properties of the British species, as
even the leaves will make a lather, and take out spots of grease, &c., ..."
8. Curtis's Botanical Magazine Or Flower-garden Displayedby William Curtis, John Sims by William Curtis, John Sims (1803)
"2. p. 87. LYCHNIS vel Ocymoides repens montanum. Bauh.Pin. 206. The saponaria
Ocymoides lias been figured in the appendix to the fifth volume of the Flora ..."
9. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"It is altogether of a bolder type than saponaria, beds of it forming ... There are
white varieties both of saponaria and Silène that are equally Fig. 1. ..."
10. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The globular seeds of Vaccaria parviflora Moench (saponaria Vac- caria L.) ...
Soapwort, or bouncing bet (saponaria officinalis L.), a common roadside weed ..."
11. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"... which is sparingly soluble in water. Old woody roots are rarely collected.
Properties.—Alterative, resembling sarsaparilla. saponaria ..."
12. The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural by John Lee Williams (1837)
"Sapindus saponaria, do. near the sea coast. Winter Plumb. Prunus hiemalis, do.
back from the coast Gordonia. G. lasianthus, do. Shrubs. Buttonwood. ..."
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