释义 |
arghan|ˈɑːgæn| [Etym. unknown.] The fibre of a South American plant, later cultivated in Malaya, which can be spun into a strong fine yarn. Also attrib.
1922Conquest Oct. 485 Arghan, the new British textile. 1924J. S. M. Ward Textile Fibres 52–3. 1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 236 The Arghan plant is Sir Henry [Wickham's] second gift to the Inde. |