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Luffa
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luffa lúffa
Translingual
thumb|Luffa aegyptiaca
Etymology
From mul ar لوف لُوفَة.
Proper noun
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genus family Cucurbitaceae plants used as vegetables in southeast Asia when young and tender and as a scrubbing sponge after maturity, called luffa, loofa, and loofah
Hypernyms
genus ; Sicyoeae tribe - tribe
Hyponyms
genus Luffa aegyptiaca species (syn. Luffa cylindrica species; smooth loofah) - type species; Luffa acutangula species (angled loofah), Luffa echinata species, Luffa operculata species (wild loofah, sponge cucumber), Luffa saccata species - species
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taxonomygenus 7024
mul Gourd family plants