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Definition of Soapberry tree
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
Medical Definition of Soapberry tree
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Soapberry Tree
Literary usage of Soapberry tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"BB. Trees deciduous. Drummondii, Hook. & Arn. WILD CHINA TREE. SOAPBERRY. Tree,
to 50 ft., with scaly red-brown bark: branchlets pubescent while young: ..."
2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1890)
"The soapberry tree. The fruit of this plant is about the size of a large gooseberry,
the outer covering or shell of which contains a saponaceous principle ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"CHINA-TREE, Wild, a common name for the soapberry-tree (Sapindus marginatus).
It is a handsome tree, sometimes growing as high as 60 feet. ..."
4. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"The fruit of this tree is much smaller than that of the other species (see
Soapberry-Tree) ; and though the ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1857)
"The seeds, formerly so much employed for buttons in England, are the produce of
the soapberry-tree, ..."
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