| 单词 | vegetable silk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvegetable silk vegetable silk n. [compare post-classical Latin sericum vegetabile (1644 or earlier)] artificial silk of plant origin; esp. a material produced from the long, downy seed-hairs of any of numerous plants (chiefly those belonging to the family Apocynaceae), used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc., or as a component of cloth; cf. silk-cotton n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > other textiles obtained from plants > [noun] flax1553 vegetable silka1660 pulu1833 ramie1851 moc-main1857 China-grass1858 tree-wool1870 istle1883 arghan1922 a1660 T. Powell Humane Industry (1661) 88 There is no Sericum vegetabile, no vegetable silk, as some have supposed; there is no such delicate wool as to make silk of, growing upon the leaves or barks of trees. 1760 Premiums (Soc. Encouragem. Arts, Manuf., & Commerce) 51 It is well known by experiment, that a very useful species of thread or vegetable silk, commonly called silk grass, is produced from an American plant. 1809 Portfolio Aug. 120 This vegetable silk may now be used, without any farther preparation, instead of feathers and horse hair, for beads, cushions, coverlets to beds, bolsters and mattresses. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Vegetable Silk, a cotton-like material obtained from the seed-pods of Chorisia speciosa. 1907 A. L. Winton tr. T. F. Hanausek Microsc. Techn. Prod. ii. 70 The seed hairs of plants belonging to the orders Apocynaceæ and Asclepiadaceæ, characterized by their fine silky luster..are known as vegetable silk. 1985 H. M. Burkill Useful Plants W. Trop. Afr. (ed. 2) I. 222 The ripe fruit contains a floss or ‘vegetable silk’ known as madar floss or akund, an Indian commercial term. < as lemmas |
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