Main Entry: loo·fah

Variant(s): also luf·fa \ˈlü-fə\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin luffa, from Arabic lūf

Date: 1887

1 : any of a genus (Luffa) of Old World tropical plants of the gourd family with large fruits; also : its fruit
2 : a sponge consisting of the fibrous skeleton of the fruit of a loofah (especially Luffa aegyptiaca)