Any of various trees whose leaves or fruit can be used as a substitute for soap.
Any of various trees whose leaves or fruit can be used as a substitute for soap.
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(Scotland) soap suds.
(UK, Australian, NZ, South Africa, idiomatic, informal) To know; to be acquainted with (a person).
A Scottish dialectal term for soapsuds or lather — the frothy water produced by dissolving soap. Used in domestic and cleaning contexts in older Scottish speech. Part of the broader Scots vocabulary for the routines of washing and laundry.
(UK, Irish) A form of liquid soap used to wash dishes by hand.
(AU) A tree, , whose leaves are used as soap.
“Dyana Hesson, Sedona Windsock (Soap Tree Yucca, Sedona Airport) (oil on canvas, 2024)”