vegetable sponge

English Thesaurus

1. the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	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)