A plant of the lily family with white flowers, found in dry habitats of California. The fiber-covered bulbs were used as soap by North American Indians.
Genus Chlorogalum, family Liliaceae: two species, the wavy-leaved C. pomeridianum and the narrow-leaved C. angustifolium
Example sentencesExamples
Soap plant was used as emergency food during lean acorn years.
The whole plant was gathered and crushed and thrown into the pools and streams in the same way as Soap Plant was used.
Definition of soap plant in US English:
soap plant
noun
A plant of the lily family with white flowers, found in dry habitats of California. The fiber-covered bulbs were used as soap by North American Indians.
Genus Chlorogalum, family Liliaceae: two species, the wavy-leaved C. pomeridianum and the narrow-leaved C. angustifolium
Example sentencesExamples
The whole plant was gathered and crushed and thrown into the pools and streams in the same way as Soap Plant was used.
Soap plant was used as emergency food during lean acorn years.