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A young tree. Shak.

A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also sapadillo, sappadilo, sappodilla, and zapotilla.] Sapodilla plum (Bot.), the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being o…

A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.

Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.

The quality or state of being saponaceous.

Saponaceous. Boyle.

Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance.

ifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.

That which saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification.

ect to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.

A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphus powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anæstesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quilaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By…

A hydrous silicate of magnesia and aluminia. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.

ential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil. [Written also saponule.] [Obs.]

Power of affecting the organs of taste; savor; flavor; taste. There is some sapor in all aliments. Sir T. Browne.

Having the power to produce the sensation of taste; producing taste, flavor, or relish.

The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste.

Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste. [R.] Bailey.

The sapodilla.

Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceæ) 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.

Sapan wood.