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soapberry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
soap-ber-ry
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.

noun

The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria.

Etymology

From soap + berry: the fleshy part of the fruit was used in washing linen.

Inflected Forms

soapberries (plural)

Synonyms

soapnut soapberry tree

Questions

What does soapberry mean?
Any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.
Where does soapberry come from?
From soap + berry: the fleshy part of the fruit was used in washing linen.

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