Noun
luffa -
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
dishcloth gourd ,
sponge gourd ,
rag gourd ,
strainer vine
vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
genus luffa dishcloth gourds
luffa cylindrica ,
vegetable sponge ,
loofah the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit
angled loofah ,
luffa acutangula ,
sing-kwa loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics
luffa -
the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
loofa ,
loofah ,
loufah sponge
fibre ,
fiber a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
