loofah vs rag gourd

rag gourd vs loofah

loofah and rag gourd both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
loofah	Yes	No	No	No
rag gourd	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rag gourd is a hypernym of loofah; that is, rag gourd is a word with a broader meaning than loofah:

loofah: the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit
rag gourd: 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

Other hypernyms of loofah include dishcloth gourd, luffa, sponge gourd, strainer vine.

loofah (noun)	rag gourd (noun)
the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit	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 dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer

Difference between loofah and rag gourd

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