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Definitions: Luffa |
LuffaNoun1. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer. 2. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: LuffaSynonyms: dishcloth gourd (n), loofa (n), loofah (n), loufah sponge (n), rag gourd (n), sponge gourd (n), strainer vine (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Luffa |
| English words defined with "luffa": genus Luffa ♦ loofa, loofah, loufah sponge, Luffa acutangula, Luffa cylindrica ♦ Towel gourd. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "luffa": FRUIT EDIBLE, COOKED ♦ VERNONIA BRACTEATA, VERNONIA BRASILILANA, VERNONIA CANESCENS, VERNONIA CINEREA. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Luffa" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (loofah), German (loofah), Hungarian (loofah). |
Expressions using "luffa": genus Luffa ♦ Luffa acutangula ♦ Luffa AEgyptiaca ♦ Luffa cylindrica. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
luffa | 26 |
luffa sponge | 6 |
aegyptiaca luffa mill product | 3 |
cylindrica luffa | 2 |
luffa seed | 2 |
luffa operculata | 2 |
luffa gourd | 2 |
luffa section | 2 |
luffa roseville | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "luffa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | gant de toilette en éponge végétale (mitt-type luffa). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | uffalay lif kabağından banyo lifi (loofa, loofah), lif kabağı (loofa, loofah). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "luffa": luffas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "luffa" (pronounced 'Luf"fa'): Buffa, Chufa, sofa, Stufa, tufa. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-f-l-u" | |
-1 letter: luff. | |
-2 letters: aff, flu. | |
-3 letters: al, fa, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-f-l-u" | |
+1 letter: afflux, luffas. | |
+2 letters: buffalo, factful, fateful, fearful. | |
+3 letters: afflatus, affluent, affluxes, buffable, buffalos, calctuff, effluvia, faithful, fanciful, feastful, fullface, furfural, puffball, suffixal, sufflate. | |
+4 letters: affluence, affluency, affluents, buffaloed, buffaloes, calctuffs, effectual, faithfuls, fatefully, fearfully, flavorful, footfault, fullfaces, furfurals, puffballs, ruffianly, sufflated, sufflates. | |
+5 letters: afflatuses, affluences, affluently, buffaloing, bufflehead, faithfully, fancifully, fearfuller, footfaults, insufflate, sufferable, sufferably, sufflating, unaffluent, unfaithful, unofficial. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 75 66 66 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. ..- ..-. ..-. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01110101 01100110 01100110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L u f f a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0075 0066 0066 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4687727267 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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