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gourd

DEFINITIONS OF: gourd

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n any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds

Synonyms:
gourd vine
Types:
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Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, buffalo gourd, calabazilla, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin
perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
melon, melon vine
any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber, touch-me-not
Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
Lagenaria siceraria, bottle gourd, calabash
Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
Momordica balsamina, balsam apple
a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit
Momordica charantia, balsam pear
tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit
Citrullus vulgaris, watermelon, watermelon vine
an African melon
Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine
any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
Cucumis sativus, cucumber, cucumber vine
a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

n any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds

Types:
calabash
round gourd of the calabash tree
Type of:
fruit
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant

n bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

Synonyms:
calabash
Type of:
bottle
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
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