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fəloo⋅fah
[loo-fuh] 
–noun
| 1. | Also called dishcloth gourd, rag gourd.
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| 2. | Also called vegetable sponge. the dried, fibrous interior of this fruit, used as a sponge. |
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| loo·fa or loo·fah (lōō'fə) n.
[Arabic lūfa, singulative of lūf.] |
| luf·fa (lōō'fə, lŭf'ə) n. Variant of loofa. |
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Luffa
Luf"fa\, n. [NL., fr. Ar. l[=u]fah.] (Bot.) (a) 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. [AE]gyptiaca, are called dishcloth gourds. (b) Any plant of this genus, or its fruit. (c) The fibrous skeleton of the fruit, used as a sponge and in the manufacture of caps and women's hats; -- written also loofah.
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