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soap plant
noun
- a Californian plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, of the lily family, the bulb of which was used by the Indians as a soap.
- any of various other plants having parts that can be used as a soap.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of soap plant1
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences
No fixed plan for the construction and equipment of a soap plant can be given.
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The leaves of the soap-plant have been with us all the spring, increasing in length as the season has advanced.
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This is not the only plant popularly known as soap-plant among us.
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The "soap-plant" (amole) is one which appears to be among the most serviceable.
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Each Indian supplies himself with two dried stalks of the Mexican soap plant, about three-fourths of an inch in diameter.
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