单词 | soap plant |
释义 | soap plant in American English US any of various plants some parts of which can be used as soap; esp., a tall W North American plant (Chlorogalum pomeridianum) of the lily family soap plant in American Englishnoun 1. a Californian plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, of the lily family, the bulb of which was used by the Indians as a soap 2. any of various other plants having parts that can be used as a soap Word origin [1835–45, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: daisy chain, faceplate, grandstand, protein, serial |
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