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BOUNCING BET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bouncing Bet mean?
• BOUNCING BET (noun)
The noun BOUNCING BET has 1 sense:
1. plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
Familiarity information: BOUNCING BET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bouncing Bess; bouncing Bet; hedge pink; Saponaria officinalis; soapwort
Hypernyms ("bouncing Bet" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("bouncing Bet" is a member of...):
genus Saponaria; Saponaria (mostly perennial Old World herbs)
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