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SOAPWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soapwort mean?
• SOAPWORT (noun)
The noun SOAPWORT has 1 sense:
1. plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
Familiarity information: SOAPWORT 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 ("soapwort" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("soapwort" is a member of...):
genus Saponaria; Saponaria (mostly perennial Old World herbs)
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