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rag gourd

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loo⋅fah

[loo-fuh]
–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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