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loo⋅fah

  [loo-fuh]
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–noun
1. Also called dishcloth gourd, rag gourd.
a. any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, of the gourd family, bearing large, elongated fruit.
b. the fruit of such a vine.
2. Also called vegetable sponge. the dried, fibrous interior of this fruit, used as a sponge.
Also, loofa, luffa.

Origin:
1860–65; < NL Luffa the genus < Ar lūf
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loo·fa or loo·fah   (lōō'fə)   
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.

[Arabic lūfa, singulative of lūf.]
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