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    GENUS SAPINDUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Sapindaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sapindus; Sapindus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus 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)

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