| 单词 | soap-plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoap-plant soap-plant n. U.S. an American liliaceous plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, used as a detersive; also, the soapberry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding soap > [noun] > soap-plant amole1831 soap-plant1847 soap-bulb1874 1847 G. F. Ruxton Adventures Mexico & Rocky Mts. xxv. 222 A barren rolling prairie..covered with the palmilla or soap-plant. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 425 Soap-plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum), a plant common in California and New Mexico. 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Indian soap-plant,..the soapberry Sapindus acuminatus, and..the Chlorogalum. < as lemmas |
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