Soapwort

Word SOAPWORT
Character 8
Hyphenation soap wort
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Soapwort"

What do we mean by soapwort?

A plant of the genus Saponaria, chiefly S. officinalis. noun

Any plant of the order Sapindaceæ. Lindley. noun

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. noun

Any perennial herb of the genus Saponaria. noun

Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised noun

Any perennial herb of the genus Saponaria.

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The word "soapwort" in example sentences

Options included tar and glycerin, eggs, lime, fish oil and ashes, yucca, soapwort, and even oats or cornmeal, applied to absorb hair grease and soil before being brushed out. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

As for shampoo JUst take out Chemicals it works even better by using soapwort and yuccah in farmers would be glad to pay you to get rid of them as thay consider as weeds. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They had fished in the afternoon-Ayla showed him how she tickled a fish out of the water by hand-then she found soapwort and they had bathed and washed their hair. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1990)

Extract the soapwort by maceration or percolation. ❋ Various (N/A)

She put divers herbs in it, herbs yielding coloured juices such as safflower and alkanet, and soapwort and fleawort to give consistency or 'body' to the lye; she put in alum and blue vitriol (or sulphate of copper), and she put in blood. ❋ Various (N/A)

It was common wayside "Bouncing Bet," but the Harvester called it "soapwort." ❋ Unknown (1911)

Next came carrying the couch grass, wild alum, and soapwort into the store-room. ❋ Unknown (1911)

On the other hand I have sowed in vain the seeds of twisted specimens of the soapwort and the cleavewort (_Saponaria officinalis_ and _Galium Aparine_). ❋ Hugo De Vries (1891)

Among those still in bloom were the evening primrose, soapwort, and marjoram. ❋ Edward Harrison Barker (1885)

The Sapindus (soapwort) also furnishes one species, S. Page 133 marginatus, which may be useful. ❋ Unknown (1863)

Shampoo the hair with an infusion of ritha or soapwort. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It has a light fresh scent, smelling more like lavender than anything else, and is filled with ingredients that are good for the skin, such as extracts of aloe vera, butcher's broom, kelp, lavender, soapwort, and walnut shells. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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