In place of this, they use the seed or roots of the soapberry tree. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journey to Puerto Rico : for Intermediate and Upper Grades For Intermediate and Upper Grades] Reference
Another fruit of Asian origin, lychee is a member of the soapberry family. From Wordnik.com. [Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit] Reference
The gold buyer's wife had told him to watch for a shortcut path just after a soapberry tree. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
These are followed by alder Alnus spp., willow, soapberry Sapindus drummondi and cottonwoodPopulus balsamifera var. trichocarpa. From Wordnik.com. [Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, United States] Reference
A low cost, green eco friendly, healthy natural way to deal with lice is to make a homemade liquid from soapberry which grows on the Chinaberry tree and has been used for thousands of years. From Wordnik.com. [Itchy] Reference
Other plants that may have found their way from South America to Polynesia include a subspecies of calabash, or bottle gourd, and the soapberry, a plant that can be used as a natural detergent. From Wordnik.com. [Kon Tiki Fried Chicken?] Reference
Chinese soapberry tree, which contains the natural cleaning agent saporin. From Wordnik.com. [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference
Common names: soapberry and soapnut, both names referring to the use of the crushed seeds to make soap. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
A small tree of the soapberry or sapindaceous family, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, where the fruit is known as the wild plum, from the pulp of which a vinous beverage and excellent vinegar are prepared, and an eatable, though slightly purgative, oil is extracted from the seeds. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
Most numerous were the plants; leaves of cinnamon (Cinnamomurn polymorphum), soapberry (Sapindus falcifolius), maple (Acer trilobatum), grass (Poacites loevis) and reeds (Phragmites oeningensis), with twigs of the conifer. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Most numerous were the plants; leaves of cinnamon (Cinnamomurn polymorphum), soapberry (Sapindus falcifolius), maple (Acer trilobatum), grass (Poacites loevis) and reeds (Phragmites oeningensis), with twigs of the conifer Glyptostrobus europoeus. From Wordnik.com. [The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915] Reference
Lychee is a member of the soapberry family. From Wordnik.com. [Lychee is a member of the soapberry family. About the size of a large strawberry, the lychee has a rough, "bumpy" dark red skin with sweet white flesh. El litchi es un miembro de la familia de jaboncillo (soapberry). Es del tamaño de una fresa grande, tiene una piel abollada y una carne blanca y dulce.] Reference
Wingleaf soapberry. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
The soapberry tree. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
Desert date, lalob, soapberry tree, thorn tree. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
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