Definition of luffa
English to English noun - the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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
source: WordNet 3.0 - A small genus of tropical cucurbitaceous plants having white flowers, the staminate borne in racemes, and large fruits with a dry fibrous pericarp. The fruit of several species and the species themselves, esp. L. Ægyptiaca, are called dishcloth gourds.
source: Webster 1913
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luffa, luff, lupa, luba, lubha, loofa, lubay, loffe, lf, layoff, loofah, lav, lip off, lab, lay off, lif, lop off, lap, lapa, lave
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