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English Dictionary: Sapindus saponaria by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Sapindus saponaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sapindus saponaria
n
  1. evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
    Synonym(s): China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus saponaria
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Soapberry tree \Soap"ber`ry tree`\ (Bot.)
      Any tree of the genus {Sapindus}, esp. {Sapindus saponaria},
      the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in
      washing linen; -- also called {soap tree}.
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