dishcloth gourd
11rag gourd — noun 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 • Syn: ↑luffa, ↑dishcloth gourd, ↑sponge gourd, ↑strainer… …
12bonnet gourd — noun : dishcloth gourd …
13towel gourd — noun : dishcloth gourd …
14Towel gourd — Towel Tow el, n. [OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL. toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G. zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel, AS. [thorn]we[ a]n to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel. [thorn]v[=a], Sw.… …
15dishclothgourd — dishcloth gourd n. See loofa. * * * …
16genus Luffa — noun dishcloth gourds • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbitaceae, ↑family Cucurbitaceae, ↑gourd family • Member Meronyms: ↑luffa …
17dish|rag — «DIHSH RAG», noun. U.S. 1. a cloth to wash dishes with; dishcloth. 2. anything wet and limp. 3. = dishcloth gourd. (Cf. ↑dishcloth gourd) …
18luffa — [lo͞o′fə, luf′ə] n. [ModL < Ar lūf] 1. DISHCLOTH GOURD 2. the fibrous, vascular skeleton of the pod of a dishcloth gourd, used as a sponge …
19loofah — /looh feuh/, n. 1. Also called dishcloth gourd, rag gourd. a. any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, of the gourd family, bearing large, elongated fruit. b. the fruit of such a vine. 2. Also called vegetable sponge. the dried, fibrous… …
20angled loofah — noun loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics • Syn: ↑sing kwa, ↑Luffa acutangula • Hypernyms: ↑luffa, ↑dishcloth gourd, ↑sponge gourd, ↑rag gourd, ↑strainer vine …
