soap plant


noun
  1. a Californian plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, of the lily family, the bulb of which was used by the Indians as a soap.

  2. any of various other plants having parts that can be used as a soap.

Origin of soap plant

1
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

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