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noun - the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa
noun - any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits
noun - a tropical vine
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Luffa is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae). * In everyday non-technical usage, the luffa, also spelled loofah (referred to as gilki or ram tori in 1 of the languages in India; 丝瓜 in Simplified Chinese, 絲瓜 in Traditional Chinese (Pinyin: sī guā), usually means the fruit of the two species L. aegyptiaca and L. acutangula. The fruit of these species is cultivated and eaten as a vegetable. The fruit must be harvested at a young stage of development to be edible. The vegetable is popular in India, China and Vietnam. When the fruit is fully ripened, it is very fibrous. Various dishes of gilki are prepared in India and eaten. The fully developed fruit is the source of the loofah scrubbing sponge which is used in bathrooms and kitchens. Luffa are not frost-hardy, and require 150 to 200 warm days to mature.The name luffa was taken by European botanists in the 17th century from the Egyptian Arabic name لوف lūf. |