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词汇 soapberry
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Definition of soapberry in English:

soapberry

nounPlural soapberries ˈsəʊpbɛriˈsōpˌberē
  • 1A tree or shrub with berries that produce a soapy froth when crushed.

    无患子,尤指

    a North American shrub with edible berries (Shepherdia canadensis, family Elaeagnaceae).

    a plant with saponin-rich berries that are used as a soap substitute (genus Sapindus, family Sapindaceae).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The closely related soapberry, sometimes also called russet buffaloberry, is S. canadensis.
    • Juniper trees are common throughout the canyon as well as mesquite, cottonwood, salt cedar, willow, western soapberry and hackberry.
    • Streams, although they may flow only intermittently, help support the growth of several trees, among them blue palo verde, mesquite, velvet ash, small-leaved mulberry, netleaf hackberry, and soapberry.
    • The seeds of bristly sarsaparilla, currant, and soapberry lie dormant in the soil and germinate only after being burned; ecologists call the process ‘seed banking.’
    • The most common forms included beech-like trees, poplars, willows, cattails, sumac, soapberry, and conifers such as pines, sequoias, and false cypress.
    1. 1.1 The berry of any of the soapberry plants.
      无患子果实

Definition of soapberry in US English:

soapberry

nounˈsōpˌberē
  • 1A tree or shrub with berries that produce a soapy froth when crushed.

    无患子,尤指

    another term for buffalo berry

    a plant with saponin-rich berries that are used as a soap substitute (genus Sapindus, family Sapindaceae)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Streams, although they may flow only intermittently, help support the growth of several trees, among them blue palo verde, mesquite, velvet ash, small-leaved mulberry, netleaf hackberry, and soapberry.
    • The seeds of bristly sarsaparilla, currant, and soapberry lie dormant in the soil and germinate only after being burned; ecologists call the process ‘seed banking.’
    • The most common forms included beech-like trees, poplars, willows, cattails, sumac, soapberry, and conifers such as pines, sequoias, and false cypress.
    • The closely related soapberry, sometimes also called russet buffaloberry, is S. canadensis.
    • Juniper trees are common throughout the canyon as well as mesquite, cottonwood, salt cedar, willow, western soapberry and hackberry.
    1. 1.1 The berry of any of the soapberry plants.
      无患子果实
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