Definition of Genus Luffa

1. Noun. Dishcloth gourds.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Luffa

genus Lopholatilus
genus Lophophora
genus Lophophorus
genus Lophosoria
genus Loranthus
genus Loris
genus Lota
genus Lotus
genus Lovoa
genus Loxia
genus Loxodonta
genus Loxoma
genus Loxostege
genus Lucilia
genus Lufengpithecus
genus Luffa (current term)
genus Lumpenus
genus Lunaria
genus Lunda
genus Lupinus
genus Luscinia
genus Lutjanus
genus Lutra
genus Luvarus
genus Lycaena
genus Lycaeon
genus Lychnis
genus Lycium
genus Lycoperdon
genus Lycopersicon

Literary usage of Genus Luffa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"... genus Luffa which remains after the skin and soft parts have rotted away, and which they also state to be used in the " colonies " of the West Indies, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"LOOFAH, Egyptian, the fibrous portion of the fruit of one or two species of the genus Luffa of the gourd family, sold for use as a bath-sponge or ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1872)
"A gigantic Gourd, belonging apparently to the genus Luffa, was exhibited. Mr. Berkeley brought Peaches affected with Oidium, which is apparently very ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1888)
"(i) The genus Luffa. (2) Notes on Some Old Remedies. (3) The Best Preliminary Course for Young Men who expect to become Pharmacists. (4) Paris Green. ..."

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