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Home Dictionary Name: latherLather
Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water...
Saponin
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants as in the root of soapwort Saponaria in the bark of soap bark Quillaia etc It is extracted as a white amorphous powder which occasions a soapy lather in solution and produces a local anaeligsthesia Formerly called also struthiin quillaiin senegin polygalic acid etc By extension any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type...
Soap
A substance which dissolves in water thus forming a lather and is used as a cleansing agent Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths usually by boiling and consists of salts of sodium potassium etc with the fatty acids oleic stearic palmitic etc See the Note below and cf Saponification By extension any compound of similar composition or properties whether used as a cleaning agent or not...
Soapwort
A common plant Saponaria officinalis of the Pink family so called because its bruised leaves when agitated in water produce a lather like that from soap Called also Bouncing Bet...
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