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The addition of soapwort (a naturally occurring herb with an unfortunate-sounding name) adds anti-inflammatory properties and helps to tone and tighten.
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Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
The name derives from the soapwort plant, Saponaria, which contains the Latin root for soap, sapo; this is a fitting name, given the compound’s propensity to foam when shaken in water [3].
—Alice Chi Phung, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2016
Originally named after their presence in the roots of the soapwort plant (Saponaria), saponins can dissolve in water to create a frothy broth.
—Wired, 14 July 2022
Trim bupleurum, white soapwort, blush Butterfly ranunculus, coral snapdragons, Colibri poppies, and pink ranunculus, varying the stem lengths and stripping off the lower leaves.
—Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2021
Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
The name derives from the soapwort plant, Saponaria, which contains the Latin root for soap, sapo; this is a fitting name, given the compound’s propensity to foam when shaken in water [3].
—Alice Chi Phung, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2016
Originally named after their presence in the roots of the soapwort plant (Saponaria), saponins can dissolve in water to create a frothy broth.
—Wired, 14 July 2022
Trim bupleurum, white soapwort, blush Butterfly ranunculus, coral snapdragons, Colibri poppies, and pink ranunculus, varying the stem lengths and stripping off the lower leaves.
—Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2021
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First Known Use
circa 1548, in the meaning defined above
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“Soapwort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soapwort. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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