soapberry family: Meaning and Definition of

soap'berry fam"ily

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and soapberry.
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