NOUN | plant | genus Luffa | dishcloth gourds |
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Meaning | dishcloth gourds. | |
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Member of | Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family | A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) |
Members | luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine | Any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
Spanish | género luffa, genus luffa | |
Catalan | genus luffa |
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