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dishcloth gourd definition

☆ dishcloth gourd

  1. any of a genus (Luffa) of tropical vines of the gourd family, having thin-shelled, large, cylindrical fruits with dense fibrous interior tissues used for dishcloths or filters
  2. this fruit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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