loofah

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈluːfə/

Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa)bor. English loofah Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).

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

Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa)bor. English loofah Borrowed from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).

To clean or scrub with a loofah.
“And she took good care of my feet, massaging them and loofahing the calluses away.”
“I may have snuck in showering myself—plus shaving, loofahing, hair blow-drying, reapplying makeup, changing my outfit five times, and winding up in what I started out with.”