| 单词 | soapberry tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoapberry tree C3. attributive, as soapberry family, soapberry tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding soap > [noun] > fruit or nut yielding soap > soapberry > soapberry tree soapberry1716 soapberry tree1725 China-berry1890 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 132 Sope-berry Tree. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Sapindus There is only one known species of this genus,..the soapberry tree. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Sapindus S. rigidus. Ash-leaved soap-berry tree... A native of the West Indies and America. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 87 Sapindaceæ. Soap-Berry Family... Fruit capsular or berry-like. 1866 W. T. Veness El Dorado xi. 119 The root, bark, and seed covering of the huruwassa or soap berry tree is an admirable substitute for soap. < as lemmas |
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