LOOFA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loofa mean? 

• LOOFA (noun)
  The noun LOOFA has 1 sense:

1. the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer

  Familiarity information: LOOFA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOOFA (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

loofa; loofah; loufah sponge; luffa

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)