n. (also luffa)
1. a climbing gourdlike plant, Luffa cylindrica, native to Asia, producing edible marrow-like fruits.
2 the dried fibrous vascular system of this fruit used as a sponge.
Etymology: Egypt. Arab. lufa, the plant
n. (also luffa)
1. a climbing gourdlike plant, Luffa cylindrica, native to Asia, producing edible marrow-like fruits.
2 the dried fibrous vascular system of this fruit used as a sponge.
Etymology: Egypt. Arab. lufa, the plant
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012