luffa
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
Types & categories
- fiber hypernym
Parts & wholes
- dishcloth gourd part holonym
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- vine hypernym
- vegetable sponge hyponym
- angled loofah hyponym
Parts & wholes
- genus Luffa member holonym
- luffa part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | dishcloth gourd |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fiber |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | genus Luffa |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | luffa |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | vine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vegetable sponge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | angled loofah |