VEGETABLE SPONGE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit

Synonyms:

loofah; Luffa cylindrica; vegetable sponge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("vegetable sponge" is a kind 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)

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