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luffa

luffa is the alternative spelling of loofah.

Meaning of loofah

Noun

loofah (plural loofahs)

  1. Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.
  2. The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.
  3. Any bath sponge; a sponge on a handle.

See all 4 meanings of loofah

Forms of luffa

pluralluffas

Questions about luffa

What is luffa the alternative spelling of?
Luffa is the alternative spelling of loofah.

Words near luffa in the dictionary

  1. lufenuron
  2. luff
  3. luff tackle
  4. luff tackles
  5. luff up
  6. luffa
  7. luffariellolide
  8. luffas
  9. luffed
  10. luffed up
  11. Luffenham

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Adapted from Wiktionary: luffa (page history and authors); loofah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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