soap tree en · NOUN
Meanings
- Any of various trees whose leaves or fruit can be used as a substitute for soap.
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(Australia) A tree, Alphitonia excelsa, whose leaves are used as soap.
Kerry wandered off for a leak. She squatted behind a soap tree […].
2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 314:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| soaptree | alternative | lexicographic | |
| soap-tree | alternative | lexicographic | |
| soap trees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |