sapindaceous

Related to sapindaceous: Sapindaceae

sapindaceous

(ˌsæpɪnˈdeɪʃəs)
adj
(Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Sapindaceae, a tropical and subtropical family of trees, shrubs, and lianas including the soapberry, litchi, and supplejack
[C19: via New Latin from Latin sāpō soap + Indus Indian]
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These anatomical characters are known also from other sapindaceous genera and play an important role in the classification of Sapindaceae proposed at first by Radlkofer (1892-1900).
The combination of fruit morphology, wing venation, and seed shape are best matched by the extant sapindaceous genus Bridgesia (Fig.
Sapindaceous affinities of the Pteleaecarpum fruits from the Tertiary of Eurasia and North America.
TIMBO (tim-bo)--a lumberjack born from the marriage of a bimbo with a himbo [an insecticide obtained from the bark of a South American sapindaceous climber]
The soapberry bug is a neotropical and nearctic true bug that relies on the seeds of sapindaceous plants for development and reproduction (Carroll and Loye 1987).
However, similar evolution is occurring independently on two other sapindaceous host species introduced farther west in North America (Carroll and Boyd 1992; Carroll, unpubl.

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