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soapwort|ˈsəʊpwɜːt|
Forms: 6 sopewurt, -woort, 7 -worte (-worth), 6–8 -wort, 7– soapwort.
[f. soap n., perh. after Du. zeepkruid or G. seifenkraut, in later G. also seifenwurz(el.]
1. One or other of the herbaceous plants belonging to the genus Saponaria, which yield a saponaceous principle; esp. the common species, S. officinalis; also, the genus itself.
1548Turner Names Herbes 66 Radicula,..if we had it here,..myghte be called in english sopewurt or skowrwurt. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. cviii. 359 The stalkes of Sope⁓woort are slipperie. 1629Parkinson Parad. 352 The ordinary Sopeworte or Bruiseworte with single flowers is often planted in Gardens. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. iii. xxii. 428 Soapwort..heals Cuts,..helps the Stone and Dropsie. a1689A. Behn tr. Cowley's Plants C.'s Wks. 1711 III. 374 Soap-wort, tho' coarse thy Name, thou dost excel In Form and art enrich'd with fragrant Smell. 1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Lychnis, The Double Sopewort is a Plant of no great Beauty. 1800Med. Jrnl. III. 365 She was farther directed to apply clysters prepared with soap wort. 1866Treas. Bot. 952/2 Saponine,..found likewise in plants belonging to the cloveworts, soapworts, and a few other orders.
b. As a moth-name (see quot.).
1832J. Rennie Consp. Butterfl. & Moths 69 The Soap Wort (Hadena Saponariæ..) appears the middle of July..; feeds on the Saponaria officinalis and other plants.
2. U.S. (See quots.)
1845–50A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. App. 162 Saponaria vaccaria, field soap-wort. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Soap-wort, the root of Vaccaria vulgaris, which, like the aril of the soap-berry, contains saponine.
3. Any plant of the order Sapindaceæ.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 383 A very general character of the Soapworts is to have their embryo either curved, or twisted spirally. 1876Harley Royle's Mat. Med. 707 Soapworts..are well illustrated in the horse-chestnut.
4. attrib., as soapwort family, soapwort order; soapwort gentian, † (a) = sense 1; (b) U.S., a variety of gentian.
1578Lyte Dodoens iii. 334 Alisma siue Saponaria, Sope⁓wort Gentian. 1846–50A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 453 Gentiana saponaria, Soapwort Gentian. 1849Balfour Man. Bot. 381 Sapindaceæ, the Soapwort Family. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 481 Sapindaceæ.—The Soapwort Order. |