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Definition of Dishcloth 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 Dishcloth Gourd
Literary usage of Dishcloth gourd
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"dishcloth gourd. VEGETABLE s p. ч Six species (according to Cogniaux, Vol.3. DC.
Monogr. ... The commonest dishcloth gourd: stems slender-running, furrowed, ..."
2. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"LUFF A, RAG GOURD, dishcloth gourd. (Arabic name. ... detached when dry and useful
as a sponge ; whence the names VEGETABLE SPONGE and dishcloth gourd. ..."
3. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... the interior portion becoming detached when dry and useful as a sponge ; whence
the names VEGETABLE SPONGE and dishcloth gourd. Tropics. 6. MELOTHRIA. ..."
4. Garden-making: Suggestions for the Utilizing of Home Grounds by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"The Quaker Pie pumpkin and certain varieties of so-called "sweet pumpkins" have
mostly a local reputation and distribution. LUFFA. The "dishcloth gourd" or ..."
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