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SOAPWORT

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

• SOAPWORT (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("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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