false dogwood

false dogwood
noun
evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
Hypernyms: ↑soapberry, ↑soapberry tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindus, ↑genus Sapindus

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