单词 | soapberry |
释义 | soapberryn. 1. The fruit or nut of various species of Sapindus (esp. S. Saponaria), or of Acacia concinna, used in certain countries as a substitute for soap; a soap-nut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding soap > [noun] > fruit or nut yielding soap > soapberry soap-fruit1666 soapberry1693 soap-nut1858 soap-pod1866 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > soap > soap substitute soap-fruit1666 shagbark1691 soapberry1693 soap-root1846 soap-nut1858 soap-bark1861 soap-pod1866 soapine1883 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 621 The Sope-Berry, which is properly a Plumm, or between Nut and Plumm. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Saponaria nucula Soap berries. A spherical fruit, about the size of a cherry. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 118/2 Bermuda Berry, common name for the soap-nut, or soap-berry produced by the Sapindus saponaria. 2. a. One or other of the trees bearing this fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding soap > [noun] > fruit or nut yielding soap > soapberry > soapberry tree soapberry1716 soapberry tree1725 China-berry1890 1716 Petiveriana i. 222 Soap-berry,..Arbor Saponaria. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 327 Soap Berry, Sapindus. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xi. 120 There is a young one fruiting finely in the Botanic Garden at Port of Spain.., a cousin of the Matapalos and of the Soap-berries. 1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 108 S[apindus] Saponaria,..the West Indian Soapberry, is grown in the West Indies. b. North American. A deciduous shrub, Shepherdia canadensis, of the family Elæagnaceæ, native to North America, and bearing small yellow flowers followed by edible red berries; also, the berries of this shrub; = buffalo-berry n. at buffalo n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > soapberry or buffalo berry buffalo-berry1805 bulberry1841 soapberry1904 soapolallie1937 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > soapberry rabbit berry1804 buffalo-berry1805 bulberry1841 soapberry1904 1904 A. G. Morice Hist. N. Interior Brit. Columbia 61 The soap-berries were ripening. 1923 Beaver Dec. 104 In Central British Columbia it [sc. Indian ice cream] was made by working to a lather the dried soap berry. 1957 J. R. Christie & I. M. Christie Story Okanagan Falls 42 Soap~berry..bears its gay red-currant-like berries now only for the birds to enjoy. 1963 Beaver Autumn 40/1 The interior fresh-water Indians..readily gave soapberries, kinninnick leaves and bark for smoking. Compounds C3. attributive, as soapberry family, soapberry tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding soap > [noun] > fruit or nut yielding soap > soapberry > soapberry tree soapberry1716 soapberry tree1725 China-berry1890 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 132 Sope-berry Tree. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Sapindus There is only one known species of this genus,..the soapberry tree. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Sapindus S. rigidus. Ash-leaved soap-berry tree... A native of the West Indies and America. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 87 Sapindaceæ. Soap-Berry Family... Fruit capsular or berry-like. 1866 W. T. Veness El Dorado xi. 119 The root, bark, and seed covering of the huruwassa or soap berry tree is an admirable substitute for soap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1693 |
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