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    non-technical usage, the luffa, also spelled loofah or less frequently loofa, usually refers to the fruits of the species Luffa aegyptiaca and Luffa acutangula. It...
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    Luffa aegyptiaca, the sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber or Vietnamese luffa, is an annual species of vine cultivated for its fruit, native to South and...
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    Luffa acutangula is a cucurbitaceous vine that is commercially grown for its unripe fruits as a vegetable. Mature fruits are used as natural cleaning...
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  • Bishop Luffa School, named after a former Bishop of Chichester, Ralph de Luffa, is a co-educational Church of England secondary school located in Chichester...
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    Luffa operculata (common name, sponge cucumber, wild loofa, buchinha in Brazil or mướp xơ in Vietnamese) is a species of Luffa native to South and Central...
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    sativus); various melons and vines. Momordica – bitter melon. Luffa – commonly called 'luffa' or ‘luffa squash'; sometimes spelled loofah. Young fruits may be...
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    Ralph de Luffa (or Ralph Luffa (died 1123) was an English bishop of Chichester, from 1091 to 1123. He built extensively on his cathedral as well as being...
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  • Look up Luffa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Luffa is a genus of vines. Luffa may also refer to: Luffa aegyptiaca, a species of plant Luffa acutangula...
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    crop plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, like pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, luffa, and melons. More specifically, gourd refers to the fruits of plants in...
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    sale in Crete Plant fiber sponge: A luffa sponge whose coarse texture helps with skin scrubbing and exfoliation A Luffa aegyptiaca sponge section magnified...
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    of the bitter melon plant (M. charantia). The plant has also been named Luffa tuberosa (Roxb.) or Momordica tuberosa (Roxb.) Pharmacological studies have...
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  • respectively immature and ripe fruits of Cucurbita pepo Immature ridge gourd luffa is used as a summer squash in India, where it is known as turiya (તુરીયા)...
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    Linus Roache (category People educated at Bishop Luffa School)
    William Roache and actress Anna Cropper. Roache was educated at Bishop Luffa School in Chichester, West Sussex, and at Rydal School in Colwyn Bay in...
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  • "okra" "Bush okra", also known as Mulukhiyah Chinese okra, also known as Luffa West African okra, aka Abelmoschus caillei Okra, the name in antiquity of...
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  • cleaning one's skin in the shower as an alternative to a natural sponge or luffa. It is used to scrub soap into one's skin when washing, and then wash it...
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    Jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween. The fibrous core of the mature and dry Luffa fruit is used as a sponge. The spiny fruit of burdock or cocklebur inspired...
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  • Trichosanthes dioica Bhul Sponge gourd or Luffa Luffa aegyptiaca Zika, Jika Ridge gourd or Ridged Luffa Luffa acutangula Dhunduli Snake gourd Trichosanthes...
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  • Apricots Bananas Cantaloupe Chikoo Coconut Dates Figs Guava Jamun Litchi Luffa Mango Melon Orange Pomegrante Plums Pears Phalsa Papaya Peaches Sarda Sugarcane...
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  • Natural sponge may refer to: Luffa aegyptiaca, plant fibre sponge Sea sponge, animal fibre sponge This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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    Thotakooraa, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, ash gourd, raw mango, beetroot, luffa, pumpkin, lemon, sponge gourd, ridge gourd, snake gourd, chowchow, cabbage...
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    It is soft, bland, somewhat mucilaginous flesh is similar to that of the luffa and the calabash. It is popular in the cuisines of South Asia and Southeast...
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    gourd within the cucumber family called luffa that is used as material to make the shower sponges. As the luffa plant matures, its fibers dry out, allowing...
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  • It consists of cut vegetables (such as taro, winter melon, pumpkin, and luffa), mushrooms, and freshwater fish (such as bream, pike or brown trout), coconut...
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    cellulose foam, polyurethane foam, and less frequently, silicone foam. The luffa "sponge", also spelled loofah, which is commonly sold for use in the kitchen...
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    Vietnam, where it is called mồng tơi, it is cooked with shrimp, crab meat, luffa and jute to make soup. In Africa, the mucilaginous cooked shoots are most...
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  • Vegetable sponge may refer to: The plant genus Luffa Luffa aegyptiaca, a particular species of Luffa This page is an index of articles on plant species...
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    Cotton Kapok Milkweed, grown for the filament-like pappus in its seed pods Luffa, a gourd which when mature produces a sponge-like mass of xylem, used to...
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  • histamine dihydrochloride (homeopathic name histaminum hydrochloricum), luffa operculata, and sulfur. In 2006, Matrixx Initiatives paid $12 million to...
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  • Rupert Holliday-Evans (category People educated at Bishop Luffa School)
    He attended The Prebendal School until he was 13, then went on to Bishop Luffa C of E School, both of which are in Chichester, West Sussex then Guildhall...
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    Basket Life: The Story of my Path to Becoming a Craftsman of Basketry". Luffa Press Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basketry. Wikisource has the...
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