トカドヘチマ

noun

angled luffa; ridged gourd; Chinese okra

A tropical vine (Luffa acutangula) cultivated for its young fruit, which is used as a vegetable, and for the mature fibrous interior used as a sponge.

• トカドヘチマは沖おき縄なわ料りょう理りでよく使つかわれる。

  Angled luffa is often used in Okinawan cuisine.

• このトカドヘチマの実みはまだ若わかくて食たべごろだ。

  This angled luffa fruit is still young and ready to eat.