Definition of Saponaria officinalis

1. Noun. Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised.

Exact synonyms: Bouncing Bess, Bouncing Bet, Hedge Pink, Soapwort
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Saponaria, Saponaria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saponaria Officinalis

Sao Tiago Island
Sao Tome
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome e Principe
Saone
Saone River
Sapan
Saphar
Sapindaceae
Sapindales
Sapindus drumondii
Sapindus marginatus
Sapindus saponaria
Sapir
Saponaria
Saponaria officinalis (current term)
Saponaria vaccaria
Sapotaceae
Sappey
Sappey's fibres
Sappey's plexus
Sappey's veins
Sapphic ode
Sapphick
Sapphire
Sappho
Sapporo
Saprolegnia

Literary usage of Saponaria officinalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Soapwort, or bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis L.), a common roadside weed with a handsome flower, has a roughened, dark brown seed smalle. than cockle ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Saponaria officinalis L. Soapwort. Bouncing Bet. London Pride. ... Saponaria officinalis L. Sp. Pl. 408. 1753. Perennial, glabrous, erect, stout,, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"302), in the roots of Saponaria officinalis, before flowering time, ... 548) in the common soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), and some time afterwards by ..."

4. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Soapwort, or bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis L.), a common roadside weed with a handsome flower, has a roughened, dark brown seed smalle. than cockle ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Saponaria officinalis L. Soapwort. Bouncing Bet. London Pride. ... Saponaria officinalis L. Sp. Pl. 408. 1753. Perennial, glabrous, erect, stout,, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"302), in the roots of Saponaria officinalis, before flowering time, ... 548) in the common soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), and some time afterwards by ..."

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