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GENUS LUFFA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dishcloth gourds
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Luffa" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Luffa"):
dishcloth gourd; luffa; rag gourd; sponge 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)
Holonyms ("genus Luffa" is a member of...):
Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))
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