luffa
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | vine, |
| definition | : | a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | loofa, loofah, loufah sponge, luffa, |
| definition | : | the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus luffa, |
| definition | : | dishcloth gourds (noun.plant) |
2. the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fiber, fibre, |
| definition | : | a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn (noun.substance) |
| part meronym | : | dishcloth gourd, luffa, rag gourd, sponge gourd, strainer vine, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
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