luffa   (TTS Sound)

The noun luffa has 2 senses

• loofa, loofah, luffa, loufah sponge -- (the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer)


• luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd, rag gourd, strainer vine -- (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)