soaproot
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English
Etymology
Noun
soaproot (plural soaproots)
- Any of several plants whose roots were formerly used as a substitute for soap.
- A perennial herb (Gypsophila struthium), of Spain and Morocco.
- Plants of western North America of genus Chlorogalum.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “soaproot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
