From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishloofahloo‧fah /ˈluːfə/ noun [countable] DCBHBPa rough bath sponge, made from the dried inner part of a tropical fruit
Examples from the Corpus
loofah• She soaped her neck and armpits, scrubbed her back with a loofah and bathed her face.• We undressed and walked right through the shiny white-tiled shower room where a woman attendant was scrubbing some one with a loofah.Origin loofah (1800-1900) Arabic luf 