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Sapindaceae
- noun - chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins
Saponaceous
- adjective - resembling or having the qualities of soap; "a soapy consistency"
Saponifying
- verb - become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali; "the oil saponified"
- convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali; "saponify oils and fats"
Sapotaceous
- - Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named.
Sapphic Ode
- noun - an ode with several stanzas
Sapphirines
- noun - a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
Saprolegnia
- noun - aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains
Saprophagan
- - One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.
Saprophytes
- noun - an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium