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soapberry family — noun chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins • Syn: ↑Sapindaceae, ↑family Sapindaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family,… … Useful english dictionary
soapberry — [sōp′ber΄ē] n. pl. soapberries 1. any of a genus (Sapindus) of trees of the soapberry family, with fruits containing saponin 2. the globular fruit, with yellowish flesh and a large, round seed adj. designating a family (Sapindaceae, order… … English World dictionary
soapberry — noun Date: 1693 any of a genus (Sapindus of the family Sapindaceae, the soapberry family) of chiefly tropical woody plants; also the fruit of a soapberry and especially of a tree (S. saponaria) that is saponin rich and used as a soap substitute … New Collegiate Dictionary
soapberry — /sohp ber ee, beuh ree/, n., pl. soapberries. 1. the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, esp. S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap. 2. the tree itself. [1685 95; SOAP + BERRY] * * * ▪ plant any… … Universalium
family Sapindaceae — noun chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins • Syn: ↑Sapindaceae, ↑soapberry family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family,… … Useful english dictionary
soapberry — noun a) Any woody plant of the genus Sapindus, which is eponymous of the Sapindaceae family Most soapberries are tropical. b) The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria Soapberries are rich enough in saponin to be used… … Wiktionary
List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… … Wikipedia
dicot family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
magnoliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Sapindus — noun type genus of the Sapindaceae • Syn: ↑genus Sapindus • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindaceae, ↑family Sapindaceae, ↑so … Useful english dictionary
