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SOUR GOURD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sour gourd mean? 

SOUR GOURD (noun)
  The noun SOUR GOURD has 3 senses:

1. Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourdplay

2. African gourd-like fruit with edible pulpplay

3. acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seedsplay

  Familiarity information: SOUR GOURD used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOUR GOURD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Adansonia gregorii; cream-of-tartar tree; sour gourd

Hypernyms ("sour gourd" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Meronyms (parts of "sour gourd"):

sour gourd (acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds)

Holonyms ("sour gourd" is a member of...):

Adansonia; genus Adansonia (baobab; cream-of-tartar tree)


Sense 2

Meaning:

African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

monkey bread; sour gourd

Hypernyms ("sour gourd" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("sour gourd" is a part of...):

Adansonia digitata; baobab; monkey-bread tree (African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sour gourd" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("sour gourd" is a part of...):

Adansonia gregorii; cream-of-tartar tree; sour gourd (Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd)


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