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Bouncingbet – The Soap Weed
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2017
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Known for thousands of years to produce a cleansing soaplike lather when crushed in water, bouncing-bet (Saponaria officinalis L. ♯3 SAWOF) is as pretty as its name. Though it has followed man around the world, it has always been an invited guest–until the 1900s, when our changing viewpoint redefined this millennial source of soap, fragrance, and beauty as a weed.
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- Intriguing World of Weeds
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- Copyright © 1990 Weed Science Society of America
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