SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saponaria officinalis mean? 

• SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS (noun)
  The noun SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS has 1 sense:

1. plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised

  Familiarity information: SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS (noun)

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 ("Saponaria officinalis" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("Saponaria officinalis" is a member of...):

genus Saponaria; Saponaria (mostly perennial Old World herbs)

 Context examples 

An immunoconjugate of the anti-dopamine-b-hydroxylase monoclonal antibody covalently linked to the ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) saporin derived from Saponaria officinalis.

(Anti-Dopamine-b-Hydroxylase Monoclonal Antibody-Saporin, NCI Thesaurus)