FALSE DOGWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false dogwood mean? 

• FALSE DOGWOOD (noun)
  The noun FALSE DOGWOOD has 1 sense:

1. evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans

  Familiarity information: FALSE DOGWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE DOGWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

China tree; chinaberry; false dogwood; jaboncillo; Sapindus saponaria

Hypernyms ("false dogwood" is a kind of...):

soapberry; soapberry tree (a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin)

Holonyms ("false dogwood" is a member of...):

genus Sapindus; Sapindus (type genus of the Sapindaceae)