angled loofah
- noun
- /ˈæŋɡəld ˈluːfə/
- Indian
:
luffa
- The young fruit of the angled loofah is prized for its mild flavor and versatility in cooking.
Examples
-
She added chopped angled loofah to the curry for a delicate, tender texture.
-
In many Asian markets, you can find fresh angled loofah among the vegetables.
-
I bought some fresh angled loofah at the market.
-
Do you know how to cook angled loofah?
-
In many Asian markets, you can find fresh angled loofah among the vegetables.
-
She added chopped angled loofah to the curry for a delicate, tender texture.
-
The young fruit of the angled loofah is prized for its mild flavor and versatility in cooking.
Synonyms
2
6.4
A tropical climbing plant that produces long, cucumber-like fruit with a stringy inside
A climbing tropical plant whose fruit becomes a dry fibrous sponge and whose young fruit is eaten
A climbing plant from Pakistan with edible young fruits and fibrous mature gourds used as sponges
A long climbing plant eaten as a vegetable or dried to make a sponge
A plant fruit used as a natural bath sponge, like a loofah
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'angled' simply describes the shape/position of the 'loofah', so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a loofah with an angled shape or orientation. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift and the modifier-noun pattern is cross-linguistically regular, making the meaning predictable.
Etymology
The noun angled loofah comes from the plant's look: the long fruit has clear raised ridges, so it is called angled, and it is a kind of loofah. The young fruit is eaten as a 'vegetable', while the old, stringy fruit becomes a natural 'sponge', so the name helps you remember this edible, ridged loofah.