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Sapindus

noun

type genus of the Sapindaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Sapindus

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindaceae, ↑family Sapindaceae, ↑soapberry family

• Member Meronyms:

↑soapberry, ↑soapberry tree, ↑wild China tree, ↑Sapindus drumondii, ↑Sapindus marginatus, ↑China tree, ↑false dogwood, ↑jaboncillo, ↑chinaberry, ↑Sapindus saponaria

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\\səˈpindəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin sapo soap + Indus of India, India, from Greek Indos — more at saponaceous, india

: a genus of tropical and subtropical trees (family Hippocastanaceae) having simply pinnate leaves, flowers nearly regular, and fruit a globose or 2- or 3-lobed berry — see soapberry; compare sapindaceae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.