noun
plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
• Syn: ↑soapwort, ↑bouncing Bet, ↑bouncing Bess, ↑Saponaria officinalis
• Hypernyms: ↑flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑Saponaria, ↑genus Saponaria
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noun : soapwort 1
Useful english dictionary. 2012.