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prairie gourd

DEFINITIONS OF: prairie gourd

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n perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit

Synonyms:
Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, buffalo gourd, calabazilla, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin
Type of:
gourd, gourd vine
any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds

n small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant

Type of:
fruit
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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