'Soapwort' definitions:
Definition of 'soapwort'
(from WordNet)
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 'Soapwort'
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]