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[syn: soapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalis]
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bouncing \Boun"cing\, a.
   1. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom.
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            Many tall and bouncing young ladies.  --Thackeray.
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   2. Excessive; big. "A bouncing reckoning." --B. & Fl.
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   Bouncing Bet (Bot.), the common soapwort (Saponaria
      officinalis). --Harper's Mag.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bouncing Bet
    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]