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loofah: see gourd gourd (gôrd, g ..... Click the link for more information. . loofahor luffaAny of six species of annual climbing vines, also called vegetable sponge or sponge gourd, that make up the genus Luffa in the gourd family, native to the Old World tropics. Two species cultivated in temperate areas (L. acutangula and L. aegyptiaca) produce 1-ft (30-cm) cucumber-shaped fruits. Edible and greenish when young, these fruits become straw-coloured with age. On removal of the skin, pulp, and seeds, there remains a complex of closely netted vascular bundles (food- and water-carrying tubes) that resembles a sponge in texture. This spongelike product is used for bathing, for washing dishes, and as an industrial fibre. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In fact, the soap is so translucent that the company can, and does, put objects visibly inside your bar--from loofahs for ladies to rubber ducks for kids ($6. I've got at least 15 loofahs I can count, but you can't see them all because of the trellis. Set in a featureless alluvial plane, it consists of a few factories and a far-flung scatter of suburban blockwork houses, but Benson Forsyth began to discern 'an older pattern of clusters of traditional dwellings located on slightly higher ground and surrounded by rice fields and exquisite frames for growing loofahs and drying rice grass'. |
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