Noun: hedge pink
- Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
"hedge pink leaves can create a lather when rubbed with water";
- soapwort, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalis
Derived forms: hedge pinks
Type of: flower
Part of: genus Saponaria, Saponaria
Encyclopedia: Hedge pink