| slovo | definícia |
saponaria
(wn) | Saponaria
n 1: mostly perennial Old World herbs [syn: Saponaria, {genus
Saponaria}] |
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Quillaja saponaria
(gcide) | Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaja saponaria), etc. It is extracted as a white
amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution,
and produces a local anaesthesia. It is used as a detergent
and for emulsifying oils. Formerly called also struthiin,
quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension,
any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper
is the type.
[1913 Webster + PJC]Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.)
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native
of Chile. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chileans
instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
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Quillaja Saponaria
(gcide) | Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaja saponaria), etc. It is extracted as a white
amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution,
and produces a local anaesthesia. It is used as a detergent
and for emulsifying oils. Formerly called also struthiin,
quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension,
any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper
is the type.
[1913 Webster + PJC]Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.)
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native
of Chile. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chileans
instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
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Sapindus saponaria
(gcide) | Soapberry tree \Soap"ber`ry tree`\ (Bot.)
Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria,
the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in
washing linen; -- also called soap tree.
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Saponaria officinalis
(gcide) | Fuller \Full"er\, n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See Full, v.
t.]
One whose occupation is to full cloth.
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Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and
cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease.
Fuller's herb (Bot.), the soapwort ({Saponaria
officinalis}), formerly used to remove stains from cloth.
Fuller's thistle or Fuller's weed (Bot.), the teasel
(Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in
dressing cloth. See Teasel.
[1913 Webster]Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of
soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaja saponaria), etc. It is extracted as a white
amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution,
and produces a local anaesthesia. It is used as a detergent
and for emulsifying oils. Formerly called also struthiin,
quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension,
any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper
is the type.
[1913 Webster + PJC]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.
[1913 Webster]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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Saponaria vaccaria
(gcide) | cow-cockle \cow-cockle\ n.
a European annual (Vaccaria hispanica) with pale
rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown
grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes
classified as a soapwort.
Syn: cowherb, cow cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, {Vaccaria
pyramidata}, Saponaria vaccaria.
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gentiana saponaria
(wn) | Gentiana saponaria
n 1: erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having
leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwort [syn:
soapwort gentian, Gentiana saponaria] |
genus saponaria
(wn) | genus Saponaria
n 1: mostly perennial Old World herbs [syn: Saponaria, {genus
Saponaria}] |
sapindus saponaria
(wn) | Sapindus saponaria
n 1: evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing
saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans [syn:
China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry,
Sapindus saponaria] |
saponaria officinalis
(wn) | Saponaria officinalis
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}] |
saponaria vaccaria
(wn) | Saponaria vaccaria
n 1: European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated
flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North
America; sometimes classified as a soapwort [syn:
cowherb, cow cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, {Vaccaria
pyramidata}, Saponaria vaccaria] |
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