| 单词 | vegetable sponge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvegetable sponge vegetable sponge n. (a) plants or plant material acting to retain moisture (now rare); (b) the spongy dried fruit of the dishcloth gourd (genus Luffa); = loofah n. ΘΚΠ 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- the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > cloth, sponge, etc., used in bathing bath-cloth1618 vegetable sponge1837 loof1865 wool-sponge1879 loofah1887 bath-sponge1889 bath-brush1895 1837 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 17 Science 232 Great masses, therefore of this vegetable sponge, retentive of moisture, and liable to be quickly frozen, have been removed or reclaimed. 1859 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1858 18 570 Vegetable sponge, thus called because the vegetable tissue of the capsule of this gourd may be used for the purposes indicated by the name. 1908 T. C. Hopkins Elements Physical Geogr. xi. 425 The destruction of the vegetable sponge causes most of the rainfall to run over the rock surface. 2006 B. Gibson Gourds i. 10 The loofah ‘vegetable sponge’ has great value as a bath product and scrubbing sponge. < as lemmas |
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