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sponge gourd

DEFINITIONS OF: sponge gourd

1

n any 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

Synonyms:
dishcloth gourd, luffa, rag gourd, strainer vine
Types:
Luffa cylindrica, loofah, vegetable sponge
the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit
Luffa acutangula, angled loofah, sing-kwa
loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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