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SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS

• 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.

• SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS (noun)

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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)

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