Saponaria

saponaria

(ˌsæpəˈnɛərɪə) n (Plants) See soapwort[New Latin, from Late Latin saponarius soapy]

Thesaurus

Noun

Saponaria - mostly perennial Old World herbs genus Saponariacaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowerscarnation family, Caryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)bouncing Bess, bouncing Bet, hedge pink, Saponaria officinalis, soapwort - plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised

Saponaria

a genus of herbaceous plants of the family Caryophyllaceae. The flowers are in paniculate or capitulate inflorescences. The calyx is gamophyllous, and the corolla is pink, white, or sometimes yellow and consists of five petals. The fruit is a unilocular capsule. There are about 30 species, distributed in Eurasia, mainly in the Mediterranean region and eastward to Western Siberia and Middle Asia. Ten species are found in the USSR, including the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), which grows along forest edges and in river valleys. The plant’s saponin-rich rhizomes and roots are used in industry, under the designation of “red soaproot,” and in medicine (mainly as an expectorant). Double-flowered forms of the soapwort are used in floriculture.

Saponaria

noun

Synonyms for Saponaria

noun mostly perennial Old World herbs

Synonyms

genus Saponaria

Related Words

caryophylloid dicot genus
carnation family
Caryophyllaceae
family Caryophyllaceae
pink family
bouncing Bess
bouncing Bet
hedge pink
Saponaria officinalis
soapwort

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