HyperDic: vegetable_sponge

English > 1 sense of the expression *vegetable sponge*:
NOUN	plant	vegetable sponge, loofah, Luffa cylindrica	the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit

English > *vegetable sponge*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	The loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit.
Synonyms	loofah, Luffa cylindrica
Broader	luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine	Any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits
Spanish	esponja vegetal, lufa, lufa vegetal