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soapberry
noun soap·ber·ry \-ˌber-ē\
Definition of SOAPBERRY
: any of a genus (Sapindus of the family Sapindaceae, the soapberry family) of chiefly tropical woody plants; also : the fruit of a soapberry and especially of a tree (S. saponaria) that is saponin-rich and used as a soap substitute
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First Known Use of SOAPBERRY
1693
Rhymes with SOAPBERRY
baneberry, barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, blackberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, gooseberry, ground-cherry, hackberry, Hail Mary, inkberry, Juneberry, knobkerrie, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, raspberry, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, strawberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry
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