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soapolallie bush soopolallie bush 
B.C. a shrub, Shepherdia canadensis, the berries of which have a high saponaceous quality.
See also: soapberry (def. 1) soapolallie (see note)
- 1937 (1950) On drier, more open ridges [are] dense thickets of small Shepherdia, or soopolallie, bushes.
- 1953 Another special feast food was made from the berries of the "soopolally" bush, which were dried and stored whole.
- 1957 One little shrub, the Indians' "soopolallie" . . . bears its gay red current-like berries now only for the birds to enjoy.
- 1937 (1950) On drier, more open ridges [are] dense thickets of small Shepherdia, or soopolallie, bushes.