luffa
 絲瓜;絲瓜絡


 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]