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BOTTLE GOURD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bottle gourd mean?
• BOTTLE GOURD (noun)
The noun BOTTLE GOURD has 1 sense:
1. Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
Familiarity information: BOTTLE GOURD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bottle gourd; calabash; Lagenaria siceraria
Hypernyms ("bottle gourd" is a kind of...):
gourd; gourd vine (any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds)
Holonyms ("bottle gourd" is a member of...):
genus Lagenaria; Lagenaria (bottle gourds)
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