also luffa noun Etymology: New Latin luffa, from Arabic lūf Date: 1887 any of a genus ( Luffa ) of Old World tropical plants of the gourd family with large fruits, a sponge consisting of the fibrous skeleton of the fruit of a ~ (especially Luffa aegyptiaca )
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Meaning of LOOFAH in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012