DCHP-2

soapolallie [< Chinook Jargon soap soap + olallie berry] B.C. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  a dessert or drink made from crushed soapberries (def. 2). See 1952 quote.

  See also: Indian ice-cream  olallie  soapberry  soapsuds  

  • The spellings of this term are very numerous: soapal(l)al(l)i(e), soapalalla, soopal(l)al(l)y, sopelalee, sopolally, etc.

• 2 n.

  this substance used as a medicine.

• 3 n.

  a shrub, Shepherdia canadensis, the berries of which have a high saponaceous quality.

  See also: soapberry (def. 1)  soapolallie bush  

• 4 n.

  the edible red berries of the shrub Shepherdia canadensis.

  See also: soapberry (def. 2)  soapolallie berry