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nounany of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifierstype of:
Definition that contains saponin
- 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
- jaboncillo evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
- sapindus saponaria evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans