genus saponaria

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   mostly perennial Old World herbs

   SynonymsSaponaria

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot genus

   Part ofCaryophyllaceae

Questions about genus saponaria

What does genus saponaria mean?

genus saponaria means "mostly perennial Old World herbs".

What is another word for genus saponaria?

Close synonyms include Saponaria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus saponaria a common word?

genus saponaria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.