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Definition of Luffa
1. Noun. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer.
Group relationships: Dishcloth Gourd, Rag Gourd, Sponge Gourd, Strainer Vine
Generic synonyms: Fiber, Fibre
2. 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.
Group relationships: Genus Luffa
Specialized synonyms: Loofah, Luffa Cylindrica, Vegetable Sponge, Angled Loofah, Luffa Acutangula, Sing-kwa
Terms within: Loofa, Loofah, Loufah Sponge
Generic synonyms: Vine
Definition of Luffa
1. n. A small genus of tropical cucurbitaceous plants having white flowers, the staminate borne in racemes, and large fruits with a dry fibrous pericarp. The fruit of several species and the species themselves, esp. L. Ægyptiaca, are called dishcloth gourds.
Definition of Luffa
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of loofah) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luffa
1. loofah [n -S] - See also: loofah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luffa
Literary usage of Luffa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... which after the pulp is removed is used for carrying water, under the name of
bottle-gourd. The fruit of luffa ..."
2. The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"Two had been filled during the year of the Norman campaign, and both of them by
prelates of some personal mark. Ralph luffa, Bishop of Ralph Chichester, ..."
3. Memorials of the South Saxon See and Cathedral Church of Chichester by William Richard Wood Stephens (1876)
"Stigand . . 1070 . . William the Conqueror. Godfrey . . 1087 . . William Rufus.
Ralph luffa. . 1091 . • l fr T T. iiT a- -1 nni f William Rufus. ..."
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