Soapberry

Word SOAPBERRY
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Definitions and meanings of "Soapberry"

What do we mean by soapberry?

Any of various chiefly tropical trees of the genus Sapindus, having pulpy saponin-containing fruit that lathers like soap. noun

The fruit of any of these trees. noun

A buffaloberry. noun

The fruit of one of several species of Sapindus; also, any of the trees producing it, and, by extension, any member of the genus. noun

Any woody plant of the genus Sapindus, which is eponymous of the Sapindaceae family noun

The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria. noun

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

Any woody plant of the genus Sapindus, which is eponymous of the Sapindaceae family

The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria.

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The word "soapberry" in example sentences

Species range from drought-resistant shrubs such as creosote bush Larrea tridentata and prickly pear Opuntia spp., sotol Dasilyrion wheeleri and Agave spp. to walnut Juglans spp., hackberry Celtis spp., oak Quercus spp. and soapberry trees Sapindus spp. in the richer soil of the canyons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another fruit of Asian origin, lychee is a member of the soapberry family. ❋ Unknown (2007)

These are followed by alder Alnus spp., willow, soapberry Sapindus drummondi and cottonwoodPopulus balsamifera var. trichocarpa. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A low cost, green eco friendly, healthy natural way to deal with lice is to make a homemade liquid from soapberry which grows on the Chinaberry tree and has been used for thousands of years. ❋ Splatypus (2008)

My Parisian friends do their laundry using soap nuts, the dried fruit of the Chinese soapberry tree Sapindus mukorrosi. ❋ Adam Leith Gollner (2008)

Other plants that may have found their way from South America to Polynesia include a subspecies of calabash, or bottle gourd, and the soapberry, a plant that can be used as a natural detergent. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The gold buyer's wife had told him to watch for a shortcut path just after a soapberry tree. ❋ Unknown (2003)

El litchi es un miembro de la familia de jaboncillo (soapberry). ❋ Unknown (1996)

In place of this, they use the seed or roots of the soapberry tree. ❋ Marian M. George (N/A)

-- A small tree of the soapberry or sapindaceous family, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, where the fruit is known as the wild plum, from the pulp of which a vinous beverage and excellent vinegar are prepared, and an eatable, though slightly purgative, oil is extracted from the seeds. ❋ William Saunders (1861)

If you scramble down nearby gravel cliffs, following a faint trail through scrappy stands of black spruce and soapberry, you can tiptoe out to its slippery edge and trail your fingers in the surging froth. ❋ Bruce Kirkby (2011)

Chinese soapberry tree, which contains the natural cleaning agent saporin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Common names: soapberry and soapnut, both names referring to the use of the crushed seeds to make soap. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Most numerous were the plants; leaves of cinnamon (Cinnamomurn polymorphum), soapberry (Sapindus falcifolius), maple (Acer trilobatum), grass (Poacites loevis) and reeds (Phragmites oeningensis), with twigs of the conifer ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

Most numerous were the plants; leaves of cinnamon (Cinnamomurn polymorphum), soapberry (Sapindus falcifolius), maple (Acer trilobatum), grass (Poacites loevis) and reeds (Phragmites oeningensis), with twigs of the conifer Glyptostrobus europoeus. ❋ Scientific Monthly (1915)

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