Hypertext Webster Gateway: "soapwort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soapwort \Soap"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
soapwort
n : plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and
leaves yielding a detergent when bruised [syn: {hedge
pink}, {bouncing Bet}, {bouncing Bess}, {Saponaria
officinalis}]
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