soap plant
Americannoun
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a Californian plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, of the lily family, the bulb of which was used by the Indians as a soap.
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any of various other plants having parts that can be used as a soap.
Etymology
Origin of soap plant
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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The move to L.A., where she initially worked at the Silver Lake bookstore-gift shop Soap Plant & Wacko, reignited her passion for drawing.
From Los Angeles Times
The show runs through Sept. 28 at the bastion of low-brow art housed in the Soap Plant -- also home to the bazaar of the bizarre: Wacko -- on Hollywood Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times
At 26, he was sent abroad to help take over a small soap plant in England, there got a good education in a diversity of problems: manufacturing, purchasing, delivery.
From Time Magazine Archive
No fixed plan for the construction and equipment of a soap plant can be given.
From Project Gutenberg
An ideal soap plant is one in which the process of soap making, from the melting out of the stock to the packing and shipping of the finished product, moves downward from floor to floor, since by this method it is possible to utilize gravitation rather than pumping liquid fats and fluid soaps.
From Project Gutenberg
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