Used as a washing sponge or strainer

• Grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge
• Any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits
• The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa

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n. (alternative spelling of loofah English)

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n. the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer [syn: loofa , loofah , loufah sponge ] any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially ...

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Luffa is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the cucumber ( Cucurbitaceae ) family. In everyday non-technical usage, the luffa, also spelled loofah , usually means the fruit of the two species L. aegyptiaca and L. acutangula . The fruit of these ...