a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth | 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 |
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer |
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) | |
coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis | |
a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn | |