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Definition of Sapindus saponaria

1. Noun. Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapindus Saponaria

Literary usage of Sapindus saponaria

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

1. The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural by John Lee Williams (1837)
"sapindus saponaria, do. near the sea coast. Winter Plumb. Prunus hiemalis, do. back from the coast Gordonia. G. lasianthus, do. Shrubs. Buttonwood. ..."

2. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"After examining the material and comparing it with specimens of the introduced sapindus saponaria L., growing about town, the writer came to the conclusion ..."

3. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"sapindus saponaria, described by Linnaeus, is found in America in many forms, which have been mistaken for different species. ..."

4. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"Sapindus-Sapotoxin: in the fruit of sapindus saponaria. Sarsaparilla-Saponin: in the sarsaparilla root, the root of various kinds of smilax. ..."

5. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"Sapindus-Sapotoxin: in the fruit of sapindus saponaria. Sarsaparilla-Saponin: in the sarsaparilla root, the root of various kinds of smilax. ..."

6. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"SAPONARIA, sapindus saponaria. ... sec sapindus saponaria. SAPONE. Soap, to which aro added substances capable of communicating to it now properties, ..."

7. The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural by John Lee Williams (1837)
"sapindus saponaria, do. near the sea coast. Winter Plumb. Prunus hiemalis, do. back from the coast Gordonia. G. lasianthus, do. Shrubs. Buttonwood. ..."

8. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"After examining the material and comparing it with specimens of the introduced sapindus saponaria L., growing about town, the writer came to the conclusion ..."

9. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"sapindus saponaria, described by Linnaeus, is found in America in many forms, which have been mistaken for different species. ..."

10. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"Sapindus-Sapotoxin: in the fruit of sapindus saponaria. Sarsaparilla-Saponin: in the sarsaparilla root, the root of various kinds of smilax. ..."

11. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"Sapindus-Sapotoxin: in the fruit of sapindus saponaria. Sarsaparilla-Saponin: in the sarsaparilla root, the root of various kinds of smilax. ..."

12. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"SAPONARIA, sapindus saponaria. ... sec sapindus saponaria. SAPONE. Soap, to which aro added substances capable of communicating to it now properties, ..."

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