Found 2 items, similar to Saponaria officinalis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Saponaria officinalis Saponaria officinalis n : plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised [syn: soapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Saponaria officinalis Fuller \Full"er\, n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See Full, v. t.] One whose occupation is to full cloth. [1913 Webster] Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. Fuller's herb (Bot.), the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis ), formerly used to remove stains from cloth. Fuller's thistle or Fuller's weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel. [1913 Webster] 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] 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]