LUFFA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does luffa mean? 

• LUFFA (noun)
  The noun LUFFA has 2 senses:

1. the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer

2. 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

  Familiarity information: LUFFA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUFFA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

loofa; loofah; loufah sponge; luffa

Hypernyms ("luffa" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Holonyms ("luffa" is a part of...):

dishcloth gourd; luffa; rag gourd; sponge gourd; strainer vine (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dishcloth gourd; luffa; rag gourd; sponge gourd; strainer vine

Hypernyms ("luffa" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "luffa"):

loofa; loofah; loufah sponge; luffa (the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "luffa"):

loofah; Luffa cylindrica; vegetable sponge (the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit)

angled loofah; Luffa acutangula; sing-kwa (loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics)

Holonyms ("luffa" is a member of...):

genus Luffa (dishcloth gourds)