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soapberry

soapberry noun: any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.

soapberry: any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the...
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Noun

soapberry (plural soapberries)

  1. Any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.
  2. The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria.
    Synonyms:
    soapnut

soapberry meaning in Tamil and Gujarati

soapberry in Tamil

பூச்சக்காய்

soapberry in Gujarati

woody plant
અરીઠો arīṭho
its fruit
અરીઠું arīṭhũ

Synonyms of soapberry

Forms of soapberry

pluralsoapberries

Origin of soapberry

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

Questions about soapberry

What does soapberry mean?
Soapberry means any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.
What is soapberry in Tamil?
Soapberry in Tamil is பூச்சக்காய். See Soapberry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is soapberry?
Soapberry is a noun.
What is the plural of soapberry?
The plural of soapberry is soapberries.

Words near soapberry in the dictionary

  1. soapball
  2. soapballs
  3. soapbark
  4. soapbarks
  5. soapberries
  6. soapberry
  7. soapbloom
  8. soapblooms
  9. soapbox
  10. soapbox car
  11. soapbox cars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soapberry (page history and authors); soapberry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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