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LOUFAH SPONGE

• LOUFAH SPONGE (noun)
The noun LOUFAH SPONGE 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: LOUFAH SPONGE used as a noun is very rare.

• LOUFAH SPONGE (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("loufah sponge" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated solid substance)

Holonyms ("loufah sponge" 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)

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