| 单词 | vegetable jelly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvegetable jelly vegetable jelly n. now rare any of various gelatinous or gelling substances obtained or made from plants; esp. = pectin n.; cf. vegetable gelatin n. ΚΠ 1772 C. White Treat. Managem. Pregnant & Lying-in Women vi. 118 The North American sago powder, dissolved in boiling water, forms a most agreeable, transparent, mucilaginous, vegetable jelly. 1808 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (Amer. ed. 2) i. xix. 262 Vegetable jelly, unless when tinged by the colour of the fruit, is nearly colourless; has a pleasant taste and a tremulous consistency. 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 696 Vegetable jelly is a distinct principle, existing in fruits, which possesses the property of gelatinizing when boiled and cooled. 1903 E. Bartrum Bk. Pears & Plums 82 Plums are rich in ‘vegetable jelly’. < as lemmas |
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