loo|fah

loo|fah
loo|fah «LOO fuh», noun.
1. any one of a group of tropical plants of the gourd family.
2. the fruit of such a plant, containing a mass of coarse, strong fibers.
3. these dried fibers, used as a sponge. Also, luffa.
[< Arabic lūfah]

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