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Family Rosaceae: QUILLAJA, kwi-la'ya, a genus of trees (family Rosaceae) native to Chile, Peru, and Brazil, but widely grown elsewhere, including southern California. The best-known example is Q. saponaria, the soapbark tree or quillai, which often reaches 60 feet in height. This tree has smooth, oval leaves, and white terminal flowers, solitary or in small clusters. The bark is rich in the alkaline compound saponin, and may be used as a soap or detergent.
ROSACEAE, ro-za'se-e, the rose family, a . extensive natural order of trees, shrubs, and is, natives of various climates scattered jhout the wgrld. The leaves are mostly nate, and the flowers are of regular shape, ifruit varies greatly; it may be either a fleshy (apple and pear), a juicy drupe (plum and r), many drupes united (blackberry and erry), achenes or nutlets on a fleshy recep-(strawberry), or on a dry receptacle (silver-and the like). About 2,000 species are There are 40 genera in North America.
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