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loo·fa or loo·fah  (lf) also luf·fa (lf, lf)

n.

1. Any of several Old World tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having cylindrical fruit with a fibrous, spongelike interior.

2. The dried, fibrous part of the loofa fruit, used as a washing sponge or as a filter. Also called dishcloth gourd, vegetable sponge.

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[Arabic lfa, singulative of lf.]

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loofah [ˈluːfə]

n

1. the fibrous interior of the fruit of the dishcloth gourd, which is dried, bleached, and used as a bath sponge or for scrubbing

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for dishcloth gourd Also called (esp US) loofa luffa

[from New Latin luffa, from Arabic lūf]

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loofah - Not a sponge but a dried tropical fruit used as a sponge.

See also related terms for sponge.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	loofah - the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer loofa, loufah sponge, luffa dishcloth gourd, rag gourd, sponge gourd, strainer vine, luffa - 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 fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
	2.	loofah - the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit Luffa cylindrica, vegetable sponge dishcloth gourd, rag gourd, sponge gourd, strainer vine, luffa - 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

Translations

loofah [ˈluːfəʳ] N → esponja f de lufa

loofah [ˈluːfə] n → éponge f végétale

loofah

n → Luffa f; (as sponge) → Luffa(schwamm) m

loofah loofa [ˈluːfə] n → luffa