noun
- The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer.
- synonyms: loofa, loofah, loufah sponge
- 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.
- synonyms: dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine
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