Noun luffa has 2 senses
  1. loofa, loofah, luffa, loufah sponge - the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
    --1 is a kind of fiber, fibre
    --1 is a part of
     luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine
  2. luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag 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
    --2 is a kind of vine
    --2 is a member of genus Luffa
    --2 has parts: loofa, loofah, luffa, loufah sponge
    --2 has particulars:
     loofah, vegetable sponge, Luffa cylindrica; angled loofah, sing-kwa, Luffa acutangula
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