bouncing bess

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bouncing bess - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bouncing Bess
      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
           ]