Lexic.us

Definition of Sapindaceae

1. Noun. Chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapindaceae

Literary usage of Sapindaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"Celastraceae-Sapindaceae. caducous; flowers small, ... Sapindaceae. The family Sapindaceae, which is almost purely tropical, consists of not less, ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Sapindaceae R. Br. Exp. Congo, App. 1818. SOAPBERRY FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines. Leaves alternate (opposite in one ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Sapindaceae R. Br. Exp. Congo, App. 1818. SOAPBERRY FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines. Leaves alternate (opposite in one ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Sapindaceae R. Br. Exp. Congo, App. 1818. SOAPBERRY FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines. Leaves alternate (opposite in one ..."

5. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Sapindaceae. BUCKEYE FAMILY. Trees or shrubs with opposite compound petioled leaves, no stipules, and irregular flowers. Ovary superior, 3-celled with 2 ..."

6. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"... VERMONT CELASTRACEAE CELASTRUS C. scandens, L. Bittersweet. Moist banks and thickets ; common. Sapindaceae. MAPLE FAMILY ACER. MAPLE A. Negundo, Linn. ..."

7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The very hard wood of certain Sapindaceae is much prized for timber. ... Sapindaceae (from the genus Sapindus, a contraction of the Latin ..."

8. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"Celastraceae-Sapindaceae. caducous; flowers small, ... Sapindaceae. The family Sapindaceae, which is almost purely tropical, consists of not less, ..."

9. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Sapindaceae R. Br. Exp. Congo, App. 1818. SOAPBERRY FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines. Leaves alternate (opposite in one ..."

10. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Sapindaceae R. Br. Exp. Congo, App. 1818. SOAPBERRY FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines. Leaves alternate (opposite in one ..."

11. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Sapindaceae R. Br. Exp. Congo, App. 1818. SOAPBERRY FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines. Leaves alternate (opposite in one ..."

12. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Sapindaceae. BUCKEYE FAMILY. Trees or shrubs with opposite compound petioled leaves, no stipules, and irregular flowers. Ovary superior, 3-celled with 2 ..."

13. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"... VERMONT CELASTRACEAE CELASTRUS C. scandens, L. Bittersweet. Moist banks and thickets ; common. Sapindaceae. MAPLE FAMILY ACER. MAPLE A. Negundo, Linn. ..."

14. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The very hard wood of certain Sapindaceae is much prized for timber. ... Sapindaceae (from the genus Sapindus, a contraction of the Latin ..."

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