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View synonyms for bouncing Bet

bouncing Bet

Also bouncing Bess

[bet]

noun

  1. soapwort.

bouncing Bet

/ bɛt /

noun

  1. another name for soapwort

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bouncing Bet1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Thus we frequently find white blossoms of the once pink rhododendron, laurel, azalea, bouncing Bet, and turtle-head.

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