Associations to the word «Luffa»

Wiktionary

LUFFA, noun. Alternative spelling of loofah

Dictionary definition

LUFFA, noun. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer.
LUFFA, noun. Any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats