'Bouncing Bet' definitions:

Definition of 'bouncing Bet'

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noun
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]

Definition of 'Bouncing Bet'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Bouncing Bet'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]