Luffa

See also: luffa and lúffa

Translingual

Etymology

From Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).

Proper noun

Luffa f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – plants used as vegetables in southeast Asia when young and tender and as a scrubbing sponge after maturity, called luffa, loofa, and loofah.

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