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Definition of Soapbark
1. Noun. The bark of the evergreen tree, ''Quillaja saponaria'', which when pulverised forms a lather with water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soapbark
1. a tropical tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soapbark
Literary usage of Soapbark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"Hence the names "soapbark," "soapwort," etc. For the same reason they have the
property of holding otherwise insoluble substances in solution or suspension, ..."
2. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"Hence the names "soapbark," "soapwort," etc. For the same reason they have the
property of holding otherwise insoluble substances in solution or suspension, ..."
3. Report by New Hampshire State Dept. of Health, State Dept. of Health, New Hampshire (1912)
"Further, the recent movement by this department against the use of soapbark in
beverages was, so far as we are aware, the first to be made by any state. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"soapbark or quillaia-bark (qv) is a stimulant and irritant drug, the brownish-
white cortex of Quillaia saponaria, a smooth evergreen tree native to Chile, ..."
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