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Definition of Soap tree
1. Noun. Tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soap Tree
Literary usage of Soap tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural by John Lee Williams (1837)
"soap tree. Sapindus saponaria, do. near the sea coast. Winter Plumb. Prunus hiemalis,
do. back from the coast Gordonia. G. lasianthus, do. Shrubs. ..."
2. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"... Ping-shuy teas — Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India — Varnish-tree —
Wax-insect tree — Soap-tree — Death and funeral of a Buddhist priest ..."
3. Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Miles Through Brazil from Rio de by James William Wells (1887)
"... park-like land—Marsh birds—A mid-day halt—An accident—Tamandua—An exquisite
evening scene—Rodrigues the tropeiro—Good times—A soap tree—Estreita ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Soap-tree oil (oleum ... Roxb., or the soap tree, indigenous to Southern India,
and cultivated in Bengal and the West Indies, and also recently in France. ..."
5. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1888)
"Soap-tree bark, in common with other substances containing saponin, such as senega
... Fluid Extract Soap-tree bark.—Miscible with water. Dose, for a child, ..."
6. Botany for Ladies Or, a Popular Introduction to the Natural System of Plants by Loudon (Jane), Jane Wells Loudon (1842)
"E.—SOAP-TREE TRIBE. THE only plant in this order which will grow in the open air
in England is ... Soaptree ..."
7. Journal by California Legislature (1905)
"One of the nuts of the Chilian Soap-tree germinated five months after ...
The Chilian Soap-tree took five months before it appeared above ground,' but is ..."
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