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JABONCILLO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
Synonyms:
China tree; chinaberry; false dogwood; jaboncillo; Sapindus saponaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jaboncillo" is a kind of...):
soapberry; soapberry tree (a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin)
Holonyms ("jaboncillo" is a member of...):
genus Sapindus; Sapindus (type genus of the Sapindaceae)
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