HyperDic: genus_saponaria

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Saponaria:
NOUNplantgenus Saponaria, Saponariamostly perennial Old World herbs
English > genus Saponaria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMostly perennial Old World herbs.
SynonymSaponaria
Member ofCaryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink familylarge family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
Memberssoapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalisplant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus saponaria, saponaria
Catalangenus saponaria, saponaria, Saponària

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