bouncing Bet

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bouncing Bet
    n 1: plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and
         leaves yielding a detergent when bruised [syn: {soapwort},
         {hedge pink}, {bouncing Bet}, {bouncing Bess}, {Saponaria
         officinalis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Soapwort \Soap"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
   A common plant ({Saponaria officinalis}) of the Pink family;
   -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in
   water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also
   {Bouncing Bet}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bouncing \Boun"cing\, a.
   1. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom.
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            Many tall and bouncing young ladies.  --Thackeray.
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   2. Excessive; big. "A bouncing reckoning." --B. & Fl.
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   {Bouncing Bet} (Bot.), the common soapwort ({Saponaria
      officinalis}). --Harper's Mag.
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