(a) plants or plant material acting to retain moisture (now rare); (b) the spongy dried fruit of the dishcloth gourd (genus Luffa); = loofah, n.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used to scrub or scour > [noun] > loofah plant or fruit (8) vegetable sponge1837 (a) plants or plant material acting to retain moisture (now rare); (b) the spongy dried fruit of the dishcloth gourd (genus Luffa); = loofah, n. dish-rag1839 = dishcloth, n.; chiefly U.S. also transferred, the dishcloth gourd. sponge gourd1861 towel-gourd1872 a name for Luffa ægyptiaca and L. acutangula, also called sponge-gourd or washing-gourd, the fibrous inner layer of the fruit being used in… hechima1883 The sponge-gourd (see sponge, n.1 compounds 3c). loofah-tree1887 The fibrous substance of the pod of the plant Luffa ægyptiaca, used as a sponge for washing the body. Also attributive, as loofah-tree. dishcloth gourd1900 the gourd or the plant of any of the species of Luffa, esp. Latin cylindrica, of which the spongy inner portion of the fruit may be used as a cloth. wash-gourd- the loofah (Webster Suppl. 1902), also called washing-, towel-gourd. |
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