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SOAPBERRY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin

Synonyms:

soapberry; soapberry tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("soapberry" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soapberry"):

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 ("soapberry" is a member of...):

genus Sapindus; Sapindus (type genus of the Sapindaceae)

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