loofah
loo·fah / ˈloōfə/ (also loofa, luffa) • n. 1. a coarse, fibrous cylindrical object used like a bath sponge for washing. It consists of the dried fibrous matter of the fluid-transport system of a marrowlike fruit. 2. the tropical Old World climbing plant (Luffa cylindrica) of the gourd family that produces these fruits, which are also edible.
Luffa
Luffa (family Cucurbitaceae) A genus of 6 species of tendrillate climbers of the tropics, including L. aegyptiaca, which furnishes the loofah, the vascular skeleton of the pericarp.
loofah
loofah Young fruit of the curcubit Luffa acutangula is edible, but becomes too bitter as it matures.
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