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soapwort

(-wʉrt′)

noun

any of a genus (Saponaria) of plants of the pink family, with bright, colorful flowers and sap that forms a lather with water, including the bouncing Bet

See soapwort in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

See bouncing Bet.

Origin:

Origin: From its yielding a soapy substance when the leaves are bruised

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