Luffa

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See also: luffa and lúffa

Translingual

Luffa aegyptiaca

Etymology

From Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).

Proper noun

Luffa f

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – plants used as vegetables in southeast Asia when young and tender and as a scrubbing sponge after maturity, called luffa, loofa, and loofah.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Cucurbitales – order; Cucurbitaceae – family; Sicyoeae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Luffa aegyptiaca (syn. Luffa cylindrica; smooth loofah) - type species; Luffa acutangula (angled loofah), Luffa echinata, Luffa operculata (wild loofah, sponge cucumber), Luffa saccata - species

References

Luffa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Luffa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Luffa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Luffa at USDA Plants database
Luffa at Tropicos
Luffa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Luffa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Luffa at Germplasm Resources Information Network
Luffa at The Plant List

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