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Definition of Sponge gourd
1. Noun. 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.
Group relationships: Genus Luffa
Specialized synonyms: Loofah, Luffa Cylindrica, Vegetable Sponge, Angled Loofah, Luffa Acutangula, Sing-kwa
Terms within: Loofa, Loofah, Loufah Sponge, Luffa
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sponge Gourd
Literary usage of Sponge gourd
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Lessons in Tropical Agriculture by Robert Lemuel Clute (1914)
"The sponge gourd is planted like bottle gourd. A trellis is necessary. The unripe
fruits are sliced and cooked FIG. 1oo. sponge gourd, with soups or stews. ..."
2. A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy: An Introduction to the by Lucius Elmer Sayre (1905)
"... 1890), Dose: 1 to 4 fl. dr. (4 to 15 Cc.). 220. LUFFA. — VEGETABLE SPONGE.
WASH-RAG SPONGE. GOURD TOWEL. The gourd-like fruit of Luf fa ..."
3. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1917)
"... and L. opercula'ta, Brazil, Vegetable Sponge, Wash-rag Sponge, Gourd Towel.
2. Cu'cumis myrio- car'pits, S. Africa. These produce analogous fruits ..."
4. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"Several of the species are esteemed for their medicinal properties, and one or
two are cultivated as ornamental plants. sponge gourd. See Luffa. ..."
5. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1902)
"... the sponge-gourd—is called " the strainer-vine," from the use of the fibrous
net-work contained in its fruit for straining palm-wine. ..."
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