saponaria

noun

See soapwort

Word Origin

New Latin, from Late Latin saponarius soapy

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Examples from the Web for saponaria

Historical Examples

So in Saponaria, in Dianthus, and other Caryophylleæ, three and four verticils of stamens have been met with.
Vegetable Teratology
Maxwell T. Masters
In the flowers of Saponaria officinalis Dr. Masters has observed instances of both marginal and free central placentation.
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Twenty-eight species of diurnal Lepidoptera have been collected upon a single variety of Saponaria.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899
Various
The bark of Quillaia saponaria renders water frothy and is used as a detergent by wool dyers.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom
P. L. Simmonds
"Saponaria vaccaria," with its curious angled calyx and pretty pink flower.
In a Cheshire Garden
Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton

saponaria

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for saponaria

Historical Examples

So in Saponaria, in Dianthus, and other Caryophylleæ, three and four verticils of stamens have been met with.

In the flowers of Saponaria officinalis Dr. Masters has observed instances of both marginal and free central placentation.

Twenty-eight species of diurnal Lepidoptera have been collected upon a single variety of Saponaria.

The bark of Quillaia saponaria renders water frothy and is used as a detergent by wool dyers.

"Saponaria vaccaria," with its curious angled calyx and pretty pink flower.