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  • noun Plural form of luffa.

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Examples

  • Wonder if Billbo has her private number so that he can contact her about showers and luffas?

    Think Progress » Sarah Palin admits to questioning whether Saddam was behind 9/11. 2010

  • Made from the luffas (also spelled loofah) plant which is an annual vine whose vegetable is harvested and either eaten (sometimes called Chinese Okra) or dried and used as a sponge type item - like Loofah-Art.

    loofah art 2007

  • Made from the luffas (also spelled loofah) plant which is an annual vine whose vegetable is harvested and either eaten (sometimes called Chinese Okra) or dried and used as a sponge type item - like Loofah-Art.

    14 posts from February 2007 2007

  • Climbing vines include grapes and luffas, dewberries, boysenberries, and I plan to add passion flower.

    Growing a Beautiful Edible Landscape in an Urban Neighborhood 2008

  • Unlike zucchini and cucumbers, however, they're lusciously sweet (at least the ripe ones), and unlike luffas, they're edible and not good for scrubbing in the tub (although cucumber-melon bath additives are popular).

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Unlike zucchini and cucumbers, however, they're lusciously sweet (at least the ripe ones), and unlike luffas, they're edible and not good for scrubbing in the tub (although cucumber-melon bath additives are popular).

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • We couldn't see ourselves lying stark naked on a marble slab as big as a king-size bed while muscular Turks wielding bristly luffas scrubbed us raw, sudsed us clean, oiled us down and gave us a bone-bruising massage.

    The Seattle Times 2009

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