LUFFA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • dishcloth gourd (what does dishcloth gourd mean?)
   • rag gourd (what does rag gourd mean?)
   • sponge gourd (what does sponge gourd mean?)
   • strainer vine (what does strainer vine mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) luffa is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • vine (what does vine mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • loofah (what does loofah mean?)
   • vegetable sponge (what does vegetable sponge mean?)
   • Luffa cylindrica (what does Luffa cylindrica mean?)
   • angled loofah (what does angled loofah mean?)
   • sing-kwa (what does sing-kwa mean?)
   • Luffa acutangula (what does Luffa acutangula mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa
   • used as a washing sponge or strainer
   Synonym(s)
   • loofa (what does loofa mean?)
   • loofah (what does loofah mean?)
   • loufah sponge (what does loufah sponge mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) luffa is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fiber (what does fiber mean?)
   • fibre (what does fibre mean?)