- luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag 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
--1 is a kind of vine
--1 is a member of genus Luffa
--1 has parts: loofa, loofah, luffa, loufah sponge
--1 has particulars:loofah, vegetable sponge, Luffa cylindrica; angled loofah, sing-kwa, Luffa acutangula