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Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several Old World tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having cylindrical fruit with a fibrous, spongelike interior.
- n. The dried, fibrous part of the loofa fruit, used as a washing sponge or as a filter. Also called dishcloth gourd, vegetable sponge.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The sponge-gourd, Luffa Luffa. See Luffa.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
Etymologies
- Arabic lūfa, singulative of lūf. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He meant loofa, which is not a Middle Eastern delicacy but a bath item....”
Secret Service agents told Bill O 'Reilly to calm down and get behind a barricade.
“This can be done by investing in reusable nylon exfoliating gloves or a loofa, which is a sponge made from the loofa plant.”
“(He called a loofa a falafel, which even in the shower tastes better.)”
“The Dogfather Says: toasterhead: maybe fresh mold meant "loofa" instead of "falafel"?”
“Additionally, I recently attacked a hook to the inside of my shower to hold my loofa.”
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“As we all know, the only reason the undesirables are poor is because they don't know how to correctly use a loofa.”
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“Perhaps he meant providing, among other things, free showers with complimentary loofa mitt service.”
“I did (approximately) 1 tsp of blue color, 1 tsp of loofa and 2 oz. of jojoba oil in 16 oz. of soap.”
“If you've seen the ad in which a woman is sexually humiliated by "bad" soap bubbles who don't even know what a loofa is, rest assured, according to the form response received by complainers, that the commercial is not supposed to be interpreted literally.”
“A couple of weeks ago a friend asked why I didn't go after a particularly rotten offense committed by the loofa loving, lying Bill O'Reilly.”
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