SAPINDUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sapindus mean? 

• SAPINDUS (noun)
  The noun SAPINDUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Sapindaceae

  Familiarity information: SAPINDUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAPINDUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sapindaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sapindus; Sapindus

Hypernyms ("Sapindus" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Sapindus"):

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

Sapindus drumondii; Sapindus marginatus; wild China tree (deciduous tree of southwestern United States having pulpy fruit containing saponin)

China tree; chinaberry; false dogwood; jaboncillo; Sapindus saponaria (evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans)

Holonyms ("Sapindus" is a member of...):

family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)