Middle English Dictionary Entry
sāponer n.
Entry Info
Forms | sāponer n. |
Etymology | From ML sāponāria. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Rock soapwort Saponaria ocymoides; ?soapwort Saponaria officinalis.
Associated quotations
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)204/20 : Saponaria minor is an herbe men clepe saponer or lesse crowsope.