| slovo | definícia |
luffa
(encz) | luffa, n: |
luffa
(wn) | 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, luffa, 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: luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, {rag
gourd}, strainer vine] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Luffa Aegyptiaca
(gcide) | Loof \Loof\ (l[=oo]f), n. (Bot.)
The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant
(Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
[1913 Webster]Towel \Tow"el\, n. [OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL.
toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G.
zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel,
AS. [thorn]we['a]n to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel. [thorn]v[=a],
Sw. tv[*a], Dan. toe, Goth. [thorn]wahan. Cf. Doily.]
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying
anything wet, as the person after a bath.
[1913 Webster]
Towel gourd (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant
Luffa Aegyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is
very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds,
is used as a sponge or towel. Called also {Egyptian bath
sponge}, and dishcloth.
[1913 Webster] |
genus luffa
(wn) | genus Luffa
n 1: dishcloth gourds |
luffa acutangula
(wn) | Luffa acutangula
n 1: loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics
[syn: angled loofah, sing-kwa, Luffa acutangula] |
luffa cylindrica
(wn) | Luffa cylindrica
n 1: the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit [syn:
loofah, vegetable sponge, Luffa cylindrica] |
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