HyperDic: dishcloth_gourd

English > 1 sense of the expression dishcloth gourd:
NOUNplantdishcloth gourd, luffa, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vineany of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits
English > dishcloth gourd: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge.
Synonymsluffa, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine
Member ofgenus Luffadishcloth gourds
Partsloofa, loofah, luffa, loufah spongeThe dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa
Narrowerangled loofah, sing-kwa, Luffa acutangulaloofah of Pakistan
loofah, vegetable sponge, Luffa cylindricaThe loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Spanishluffa
Catalanluffa

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