BOUNCING BESS

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bouncing Bess; bouncing Bet; hedge pink; Saponaria officinalis; soapwort

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bouncing Bess" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("bouncing Bess" is a member of...):

genus Saponaria; Saponaria (mostly perennial Old World herbs)

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