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Loofah

2 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a fibrous plant material used as a bath sponge
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Stage 1 of 2
luffa
Arabic · medieval
"the luffa gourd"
the name for the fibrous gourd used as a scrubbing sponge
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Stage 2 of 2
loofah
English · 1800s
"a fibrous gourd used as a scrubbing sponge"
adopted directly for the dried fibrous gourd used for bathing
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