luffa

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dishcloth gourd , sponge gourd , rag gourd , strainer vine , loofa , loofah , loufah sponge