HyperDic: soapberry_family

English > 1 sense of the expression soapberry family:
NOUNplantsoapberry family, Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceaechiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh
English > soapberry family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningchiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins.
SynonymsSapindaceae, family Sapindaceae
Member ofSapindales, order SapindalesAn order of dicotyledonous plants
MembersBlighia, genus Blighiasmall genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe
Cardiospermum, genus Cardiospermumtendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot
Dimocarpus, genus Dimocarpuslongan
Dodonaea, genus DodonaeaA genus of tropical shrub or tree
Melicoccus, genus Melicoccus, Melicocca, genus MelicoccaTropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries
Nephelium, genus NepheliumA genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia
Sapindus, genus Sapindustype genus of the Sapindaceae
genus Harpulliagenus of tropical Asiatic and African trees
genus LitchiChinese trees
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishsapindáceas
CatalanSapindaceae

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