loofah

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loofah luffa

Main Entry: loo·fah
Variant(s): also luf·fa /'lü-f&/
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin luffa, from Arabic luf
1 : any of a genus (Luffa) of Old World tropical plants of the gourd family with large fruits; also : its fruit
2 : a sponge consisting of the fibrous skeleton of the fruit of a loofah (especially Luffa aegyptiaca)