English > genus Sapindus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | type genus of the Sapindaceae. |
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Synonym | Sapindus |
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Member of | Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry family | chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh |
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Members | China tree, false dogwood, jaboncillo, chinaberry, Sapindus saponaria | evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans |
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soapberry, soapberry tree | A tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin |
wild China tree, Sapindus drumondii, Sapindus marginatus | deciduous tree of southwestern United States having pulpy fruit containing saponin |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | género sapindus, genus sapindus, sapindus |
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Catalan | genus sapindus, sapindus |
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