sponge gourd

/spəndʒ gɔrd/

Definitions of sponge gourd

1. 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
   synonyms: dishcloth gourd, luffa, rag gourd, strainer vine

   types:

   Luffa cylindrica, loofah, vegetable sponge

   the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit

   Luffa acutangula, angled loofah, sing-kwa

   loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics

   type of:

   vine

   a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface