FALSE DOGWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans

Synonyms:

China tree; chinaberry; false dogwood; jaboncillo; Sapindus saponaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("false dogwood" is a kind of...):

soapberry; soapberry tree (a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin)

Holonyms ("false dogwood" is a member of...):

genus Sapindus; Sapindus (type genus of the Sapindaceae)

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