soapberry
soapberry · soapberries
Any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most…Any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.
» The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
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2 sensesAny woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.
The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria.
a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin
Examples
1 sentencesThe feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
Translations
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From soap + berry: the fleshy part of the fruit was used in washing linen.From soap + berry: the fleshy part of the fruit was used in washing linen.
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