| บวบเหลี่ยม | [būap līem] (n, exp) EN: sponge gourd ; Angled Gourd ; vegetable gourd ; Chinese oka |
| luffa | (n) 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, Syn. rag gourd, strainer vine, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd |
| 糸瓜;糸爪(iK);天糸瓜 | [へちま(gikun), hechima (gikun)] (n) (1) sponge gourd; dishcloth gourd; loofah; (2) sponge cucumber; (3) (metaphorically, generally in negative sentences) something useless [Add to Longdo] |