rag gourd

rag gourd
loofah (def. 1).

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  • rag 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… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sponge 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, ↑rag gourd, ↑strainer… …   Useful english dictionary

  • dishrag gourd — egiptinė plaušenė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos aliejinis, daržovinis, maistinis, pluoštinis, vaistinis augalas (Luffa aegyptiaca), paplitęs atogrąžų kraštuose. atitikmenys: lot. Cucurbita luffa; Luffa aegyptiaca; Luffa… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • sponge gourd — egiptinė plaušenė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos aliejinis, daržovinis, maistinis, pluoštinis, vaistinis augalas (Luffa aegyptiaca), paplitęs atogrąžų kraštuose. atitikmenys: lot. Cucurbita luffa; Luffa aegyptiaca; Luffa… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • dishcloth 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, ↑sponge gourd, ↑rag gourd, ↑strainer vine • …   Useful english dictionary

  • dish|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) …   Useful english dictionary

  • loofah — /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… …   Universalium

  • genus Luffa — noun dishcloth gourds • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbitaceae, ↑family Cucurbitaceae, ↑gourd family • Member Meronyms: ↑luffa …   Useful english dictionary

  • luffa — /looh feuh, luf euh/, n. loofah. * * * ▪ plant also spelled  loofah,  also called  vegetable sponge,  sponge gourd,  or  rag gourd         any of seven species of annual climbing vines constituting the genus Luffa, of the gourd family… …   Universalium

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