Luffa

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  luffa
       n 1: the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus
            Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer [syn: {loofa},
             {loofah}, {loufah sponge}]
       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 [syn: {dishcloth gourd}, {sponge gourd}, {rag
          gourd}, {strainer vine}]