rag gourd

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rag gourd - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rag gourd
      n 1: 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]