Useful english dictionary. 2012.
soapberry family — noun chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins • Syn: ↑Sapindaceae, ↑family Sapindaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family,… … Useful english dictionary
soapberry family — the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and… … Universalium
balloon vine — noun woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and America • Syn: ↑heart pea, ↑Cardiospermum halicacabum • Hypernyms: ↑soapberry vine … Useful english dictionary
balloon vine — a tropical climbing plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, of the soapberry family, bearing big, bladderlike pods and black seeds with a white, heart shaped spot. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * ▪ plant also called Heart pea, or Heart seed (species… … Universalium
balloon vine — ☆ balloon vine n. a tropical American vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) of the soapberry family, bearing inflated triangular pods … English World dictionary
balloon vine — noun Date: 1836 a tropical American vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) of the soapberry family bearing large ornamental pods … New Collegiate Dictionary
balloon vine — balloon′ vine n. pln a tropical climbing plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, of the soapberry family, bearing large pods • Etymology: 1830–40 … From formal English to slang
Cardiospermum — noun tendril climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart shaped spot • Syn: ↑genus Cardiospermum • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindaceae, ↑family Sapindaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
heartseed — noun herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa • Syn: ↑Cardiospermum grandiflorum • Hypernyms: ↑soapberry vine * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from the heart shaped white spot on the black seed : a plant of the genus C … Useful english dictionary
genus Cardiospermum — noun tendril climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart shaped spot • Syn: ↑Cardiospermum • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindaceae, ↑family Sapindaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
