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    FALSE DOGWOOD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    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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