Meaning Of The Word Soapberry

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soapberry in American English
any of a genus (Sapindus) of trees of the soapberry family, with fruits containing saponin
designating a family (Sapindaceae, order Sapindales) of chiefly tropical, dicotyledonous trees and shrubs, including the litchi and longan
noun: the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, esp. S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap

soapberry in British English
noun: any of various chiefly tropical American sapindaceous trees of the genus Sapindus, esp S. saponaria (or S. marginatus), having pulpy fruit containing saponin

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