soapberry tree

2 definitions found

soapberry tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

soapberry tree - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  soapberry tree
      n 1: a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin
           [syn: soapberry, soapberry tree]