Word

luffa, n.
(luffas)

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>

dishcloth gourd luffa rag gourd sponge gourd strainer vine

semantic pointers

member holonym

genus Luffa

hypernym

vine

hyponym

loofah, vegetable sponge, Luffa cylindrica angled loofah, sing-kwa, Luffa acutangula

part meronym

loofa, loofah, luffa, loufah sponge

the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
<noun.plant>

loofa loofah loufah sponge luffa

semantic pointers

part holonym

luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine

hypernym

fiber, fibre