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luffa |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: luffa n 1: dried fibrous part of the gourd-like fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer [syn: {loofa}, {loofah}, {loufah sponge}] 2: any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge [syn: {dishcloth gourd}, {sponge gourd}, {rag gourd}, {strainer vine}]
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