へちま

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of へちま – see the following entry.

【糸瓜】 [noun] a sponge gourd; a dishrag gourd; a rag gourd [noun] a loofah (dried fibrous interior used as a sponge) Alternative spellings 天糸瓜, ヘチマ

(This term, へちま (hechima), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)