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LOOFA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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; luffa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("loofa" is a kind of...):
fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)
Holonyms ("loofa" is a part of...):
dishcloth gourd; luffa; rag gourd; sponge gourd; strainer vine (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)
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