Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants of the natural order Cucurbitaceæ, the gourd family, and of the tribe Cucumerineæ, characterized by the staminate flowers growing in racemes, the petioles without glands, and the large fruits dry, fibrous, and opening by a lid at the apex.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
loofah .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
- noun the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
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Examples
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We treat the potato as any additive such as powdered luffa or powdered rosehips.
Potato Soap!?! Anne-Marie 2008
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Other things can also be used as the scrubby part of this equation: luffa, strawberry seeds, jojoba beads or any other exfoliant to create your silky smooth body scrub.
Making Sugar Scrubs, the Bakima Way Anne-Marie 2008
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My hands didn't get all oily and gunky because I was able to hold onto the Foot Polish and use it almost like a luffa.
Packaging Makes the Experience Blissful Anne-Marie 2007
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September 27, 2009 at 4:42 am dere wuz eh lawt awf teh ‘ded luffa’ sawngz bak den. alwais ddi get teh LOLs frum dem.
celin cat busy, i fillz in - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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We plan on grilling boudin noir post-ride and scrubbing our lactic-leaden quads with luffa sponges lubed up with authentic NJ swamp water hauled bare-chested from local black bear drinking grounds.
Anarchy Or Irony? The Veneer of Rebellion BikeSnobNYC 2009
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The rumor also was that the multi-million dollar settlement was followed with the threat of more lawsuits from numerous other innocent young female employees who Billy Boy had pursued in his late night "luffa calls."
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Those luffa sponges we use in the shower are fruits of the Luffa cylindrica tree.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Those luffa sponges we use in the shower are fruits of the Luffa cylindrica tree.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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There may be some truth to the story that went around media circles in NYC when Al Franken was still on Air America Radio, that he had about 100 luffa gourds put in two big white sacks tied to the end of a piece of plastic tubing PVC and delivered to the News Corp Bldg where they sat for a short while with a sign attached that said Thinking of you Bill...
Secret Service agents told Bill O 'Reilly to calm down and get behind a barricade. Ann Althouse 2008
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And if Wikpedia is right, it's unmature fruit which, if left to mature and then processed becomes luffa, the stuff that softens our skin!
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