| 单词 | soap-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoap-tree soap-tree n. one or other of various species of trees or plants (see later quots.), of which the roots, leaves, or fruits yield a substitute for soap; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding soap > [noun] > other plants yielding soap soap-tree1666 shagbark1691 quillay1717 quillaia1846 soap-root1846 savonette1864 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 48 There are two sorts of Trees..called the Soap-trees from the vertue they have to whiten clothes. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 206 The Soap Tree [Sapindus]... The seed-vessels of this plant are very detersive and acrid. 1859 All Year Round 3 Dec. 127 In Chili there is a soap-tree called Quillaya saponaria. < as lemmas |
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