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    VEGETABLE SPONGE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The loofah climber that has cylindrical fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    loofah; Luffa cylindrica; vegetable sponge

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("vegetable sponge" is a kind of...):

    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)

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