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Rag gourd

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. Synonyms: dishcloth gourd, luffa, sponge gourd, strainer vine.

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Words linked to "Rag gourd" : luffa, sponge gourd, angled loofah, Luffa cylindrica, vine, loofa, vegetable sponge, loofah, loufah sponge, genus Luffa, sing-kwa, Luffa acutangula