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Word:

sikwa [sik.wa.] :

sponge gourd (n.) [utanon]

Synonyms: patola

Derivatives of sikwa

Glosses:

sponge gourd
n. (plant)	1. 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.
	~ genus luffa	dishcloth gourds.
	~ luffa cylindrica, vegetable sponge, loofah	the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit.
	~ angled loofah, luffa acutangula, sing-kwa	loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics.
	~ loofa, loofah, loufah sponge, luffa	the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer.
	~ vine	a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.