Search Result for "saponaria officinalis":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised;
[syn: soapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fuller \Full"er\, n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See Full, v. t.] One whose occupation is to full cloth. [1913 Webster] Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. Fuller's herb (Bot.), the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), formerly used to remove stains from cloth. Fuller's thistle or Fuller's weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.] (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaja saponaria), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. It is used as a detergent and for emulsifying oils. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type. [1913 Webster + PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Soapwort \Soap"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bouncing \Boun"cing\, a. 1. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom. [1913 Webster] Many tall and bouncing young ladies. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. Excessive; big. "A bouncing reckoning." --B. & Fl. [1913 Webster] Bouncing Bet (Bot.), the common soapwort (Saponaria officinalis). --Harper's Mag. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Saponaria officinalis n 1: plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised [syn: soapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalis]