Sapo-
sapo- or sapon-
pref.
Soap; soapy: saponaceous.
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noun 1. a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family. 2. Also called sapodilla plum. the fruit itself. noun 1. a large tropical American evergreen tree, Achras zapota, the latex of which yields chicle 2. Also called sapodilla plum. the edible brown rough-skinned fruit […]
- Sapodilla-family
noun 1. the plant family Sapotaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees and shrubs having milky juice, simple leaves, small flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, and including the buckthorn (genus Bumelia), sapodilla, star apple, and trees that are the source of gutta-percha and balata.
- Saponaceous
adjective 1. resembling soap; soapy. adjective 1. resembling soap; soapy saponaceous sap·o·na·ceous (sāp’ə-nā’shəs) adj. Having the qualities of soap.
- Saponaria
noun 1. See soapwort
- Saponification
verb (used with object), saponified, saponifying. 1. to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali. 2. to decompose (any ester), forming the corresponding alcohol and acid or salt. verb (used without object), saponified, saponifying. 3. to become converted into soap. verb (chem) -fies, -fying, -fied 1. to undergo or cause to undergo […]