(loofah)
11loofah — loo|fah [ˈlu:fə] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Arabic; Origin: luf] a rough bath ↑sponge, made from the dried inner part of a tropical fruit …
12loofah — loo|fah [ lufə ] noun count a long rough object that you use for washing yourself made from a dried tropical fruit …
13loofah — loo·fah || luËfÉ™ n. dried part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa which contains fibers and is used as washing sponge or strainer; natural vegetable sponge; piece of coarse plant that is used as a body washing sponge …
14loofah — (LOO fah) [Arabic] A large fruit of the gourd family, also known as the dishcloth gourd; the dried, fibrous interior of the fruit is used in industrial filters and as a rough sponge for bathing and dishwashing …
15loofah — [ lu:fə] noun 1》 the fibrous matter of the fluid transport system of a marrow like fruit, which is used dried as a bath sponge. 2》 the tropical climbing plant of the gourd family which produces loofahs. [Luffa cylindrica.] Origin C19: from… …
16loofah — noun (C) a rough kind of sponge 1 (1), made from the dried inner part of a tropical fruit …
17loofah — loo•fah or loo•fa [[t]ˈlu fə[/t]] also luffa n. pl. fahs or fas 1) pln a) any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, of the gourd family, bearing large elongated fruit b) the fruit of such a vine 2) pln the dried fibrous interior of this… …
18loofah — /ˈlufə / (say loohfuh) noun 1. a tropical, annual, climbing herb, Luffa cylindrica. 2. the fibrous network of its fruit, used as a bath sponge. {Arabic} …
19loofah — n. (also luffa) 1 a climbing gourdlike plant, Luffa cylindrica, native to Asia, producing edible marrow like fruits. 2 the dried fibrous vascular system of this fruit used as a sponge. Etymology: Egypt. Arab. lufa, the plant …
20angled loofah — briaunotoji plaušenė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos daržovinis, vaistinis augalas (Luffa acutangula), paplitęs atogrąžų Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cucumis acutangulus; Luffa acutangula angl. angled loofah; Chinese okra;… …
