Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin;
[syn: soapberry, soapberry tree]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
soapberry tree
n 1: a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin
[syn: soapberry, soapberry tree]