A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd
User Defined Definitions
"the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer"
"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"