luffa
Nouns
- (n) 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,
- (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 dishcloth gourd, rag gourd, sponge gourd, strainer vine,