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soap tree

soap tree noun: any of various trees whose leaves or fruit can be used as a substitute for soap.

Noun

soap tree (plural soap trees)

  1. Any of various trees whose leaves or fruit can be used as a substitute for soap.
  2. (Australia) A tree, Alphitonia excelsa, whose leaves are used as soap.
    • Kerry wandered off for a leak. She squatted behind a soap tree […].2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 314

Forms of soap tree

pluralsoap trees
alternative formsoap-tree
alternative formsoaptree

Questions about soap tree

What does soap tree mean?
Soap tree means any of various trees whose leaves or fruit can be used as a substitute for soap.
What part of speech is soap tree?
Soap tree is a noun.
What is the plural of soap tree?
The plural of soap tree is soap trees.

Words near soap tree in the dictionary

  1. soap scum
  2. soap shaker
  3. soap suds
  4. soap test
  5. soap tests
  6. soap tree
  7. soap trees
  8. soap up
  9. soap-bubble
  10. soap-bubbles
  11. soap-dispenser

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