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单词 towel-gourd
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towel-gourd
towel-gourd n. 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 washing like a towel or sponge (cf. loofah n.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used to scrub or scour > [noun] > loofah plant or fruit
vegetable sponge1837
dish-rag1839
sponge gourd1861
towel-gourd1872
hechima1883
loofah-tree1887
dishcloth gourd1900
wash-gourd-
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 176 The fibrous inner layer of the pericarp of the Towel-Gourd..is used as sponge and gun-wadding.
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