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Definition of Soapwort
1. Noun. Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Saponaria, Saponaria
Definition of Soapwort
1. 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.
Definition of Soapwort
1. Noun. Any perennial herb of the genus ''Saponaria''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soapwort
1. a perennial herb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Soapwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Soapwort
Literary usage of Soapwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"The wood bundle consists in large part of thin-walled parenchyma in which are
both broad and narrow rows of reticulated pitted vessels." soapwort ROOT. ..."
2. Wild flowers by Anne Pratt (1852)
"COMMON soapwort.—Saponaria officinalis. THIS plant is one of those which seem to
follow the footsteps of ... Our soapwort will make a lather with hot water, ..."
3. The Flora of the Alps by Alfred William Bennett (1897)
"S. officinalis, L., soapwort; fields and wet places. 5. Vaccaria, L.; stem
ascending, 1.5-2o in., flowers pink, leaves lanceolate, acute, the upper ones ..."
4. Flowers and their associations by Anne Pratt (1840)
"... —soapwort SPURREY. " The curious choice clove July-flower." " I would rather
see thyme and roses, marjoram and July-flowers, that are fair and sweet and ..."
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