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Definitions of saponin
  1. noun
    any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
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  • sapindaceae chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins
  • china tree evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
  • soapberry family chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins
  • false dogwood evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
  • sapindus drumondii deciduous tree of southwestern United States having pulpy fruit containing saponin
  • chinaberry evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
  • soapberry tree a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin
  • family sapindaceae chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins
  • sapindus marginatus deciduous tree of southwestern United States having pulpy fruit containing saponin
  • senega dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin
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