HyperDic: genus_luffa

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Luffa:
NOUNplantgenus Luffadishcloth gourds
English > genus Luffa: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdishcloth gourds.
Member ofCucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd familyA family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
Membersluffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vineAny of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgénero luffa, genus luffa
Catalangenus luffa

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