LOOFAH


Meaning of LOOFAH in English

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.