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Definition of Soapberry
1. Noun. A tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin.
Group relationships: Genus Sapindus, Sapindus
Specialized synonyms: Sapindus Drumondii, Sapindus Marginatus, Wild China Tree, China Tree, Chinaberry, False Dogwood, Jaboncillo, Sapindus Saponaria
Generic synonyms: Tree
Definition of Soapberry
1. Noun. (botany) Any woody plant of the genus Sapindus, which is eponymous of the Sapindaceae family ¹
2. Noun. The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soapberry
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soapberry
Literary usage of Soapberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"soapberry FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines.
Leaves alternate (opposite in one exotic genus), mostly pinnate or palmate, ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"soapberry FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines.
Leaves alternate (opposite in one exotic genus), mostly pinnate or palmate, ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"soapberry FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines.
Leaves alternate (opposite in one exotic genus), mostly pinnate or palmate, ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"soapberry FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with watery sap, rarely herbaceous vines.
Leaves alternate (opposite in one exotic genus), mostly pinnate or palmate, ..."
5. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... with 1-3 (or in Staphylea several) ovules in each cell. A large and diverse
order. I. soapberry SUBFAMILY. Flowers often polygamous or ..."
6. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1857)
"(soapberry FAMILY.) Trees, shrubs, or rarely herbs, with, simple or compound
leaves, mostly un- symmetrical and ..."
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