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    SOAPBERRY TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    soapberry; soapberry tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("soapberry tree" 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 tree"):

    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 tree" is a member of...):

    genus Sapindus; Sapindus (type genus of the Sapindaceae)

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