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Noun: bouncing Bet
  1. Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
    "bouncing Bet leaves can create a lather when rubbed with water";
    - soapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalis

Derived forms: bouncing Bets

Type of: flower

Part of: genus Saponaria, Saponaria

Encyclopedia: Bouncing Bet