| genus luffa | (n) dishcloth gourds |
| luffa | (n) 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. rag gourd, strainer vine, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd |
| angled loofah | (n) loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics, Syn. sing-kwa, Luffa acutangula |
| loofa | (n) the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer, Syn. luffa, loufah sponge, loofah |
| loofah | (n) the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit, Syn. Luffa cylindrica, vegetable sponge |