dishcloth gourd

dishcloth gourd

n.

See loofa.

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dishcloth gourd

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several tropical climbing plants of the cucurbitaceous genus Luffa, esp L. cylindrica, which is cultivated for ornament and for the fibrous interior of its fruits (see loofah)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the fruit of any of these plants Also called vegetable sponge

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dishcloth gourd - 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 rag gourd, sponge gourd, strainer vine, luffa 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 loofa, loofah, loufah sponge, luffa - the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface