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SAPINDUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Sapindaceae
Synonyms:
genus Sapindus; Sapindus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sapindus" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Sapindus"):
soapberry; soapberry tree (a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin)
Sapindus drumondii; Sapindus marginatus; wild China tree (deciduous tree of southwestern United States having pulpy fruit containing saponin)
China tree; chinaberry; false dogwood; jaboncillo; Sapindus saponaria (evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans)
Holonyms ("Sapindus" is a member of...):
family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)
