n 1  cap  :  a genus of trees of the rose family (Rosaceae) native to Brazil, Peru, and Chile, distinguished by their saponaceous bark, and including the soapbark (Q. saponaria)  2  :  SOAPBARK 2 .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  Gol·gi 
 
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