English
Etymology
From soap + berry: the fleshy part of the fruit was used in washing linen.
Noun
soapberry (plural soapberries)
- Any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.
- Hyponym: ackee
- The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria.
- Synonym: soapnut
Translations
woody plant
- Bulgarian: сапунено дърво (sapuneno dǎrvo)
- Dutch: zeepboom (nl) m, sapindus m (Latin)
- French: savonnier (fr) m
- Gujarati: અરીઠો m (arīṭho)
- Spanish: (Sapindus saponaria) jaboncillo m, chambimbe m (Colombia), choloque m (Peru), chumico m (Costa Rica), isotoubo m (Bolivia), jorupe m (Ecuador), marikuru m (Chile), pacún m (El Salvador, Nicaragua), paraparo m (Venezuela)
- Turkish: sabun ağacı (tr)
- Volapük: sapind
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