HyperDic: bouncing_bet

English > 1 sense of the expression bouncing Bet:
NOUNplantbouncing Bet, soapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalisplant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
English > bouncing Bet: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised.
Synonymssoapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalis
Member ofSaponaria, genus SaponariaMostly perennial Old World herbs
BroaderflowerA plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
Spanishjabonera
CatalanSaponaria officinalis

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