luffa

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luffa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  luffa
      n 1: the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus
           Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer [syn: loofa,
           loofah, luffa, loufah sponge]
      2: 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, rag   gourd
         , strainer vine]