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gourd
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gourd
(encz) | gourd,dýně Zdeněk Brož |
Gourd
(gcide) | Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L.
cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin
basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.]
1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the
melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order
Cucurbitace[ae]; and especially the bottle gourd
(Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of
forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for
bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
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2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd;
hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer.
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Bitter gourd, colocynth.
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Gourd
(gcide) | Gourd \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.]
A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc.
--Simmonds.
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Gourd
(gcide) | Gourd \Gourd\, n.
A false die. See Gord. Gourd |
gourd
(gcide) | Gord \Gord\, n. [Written also gourd.] [Perh. hollow, and so
named in allusion to a gourd.]
An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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gourd
(wn) | gourd
n 1: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn:
gourd, calabash]
2: any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
3: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with
hard rinds [syn: gourd, gourd vine] |
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gourd
(mass) | gourd
- dyňa |
bottle gourd
(encz) | bottle gourd,kalabasa n: jose |
dishcloth gourd
(encz) | dishcloth gourd, n: |
gourd
(encz) | gourd,dýně Zdeněk Brož |
gourd family
(encz) | gourd family, n: |
gourd vine
(encz) | gourd vine, n: |
gourde
(encz) | gourde, |
missouri gourd
(encz) | Missouri gourd, |
prairie gourd
(encz) | prairie gourd, n: |
prairie gourd vine
(encz) | prairie gourd vine, n: |
rag gourd
(encz) | rag gourd, n: |
sour gourd
(encz) | sour gourd, n: |
sponge gourd
(encz) | sponge gourd, n: |
Bitter gourd
(gcide) | Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L.
cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin
basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.]
1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the
melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order
Cucurbitace[ae]; and especially the bottle gourd
(Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of
forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for
bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
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2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd;
hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer.
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Bitter gourd, colocynth.
[1913 Webster]Bitter \Bit"ter\, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel.
bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E.
bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
bitter as aloes.
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2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
as, a bitter cold day.
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3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
calamitous; poignant.
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It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the Lord thy God. --Jer. ii. 19.
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4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. --Col. iii.
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5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
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The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
hard bondage. --Ex. i. 14.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See
Colocynth.
Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp.
Cardamine amara.
Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.
Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted
from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.
Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.
Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European
leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.
To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
calamitous.
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Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
acrimonious.
[1913 Webster]Colocynth \Col"ocynth\, n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. ?. Cf.
Coloquintida.] (Med.)
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber
(Citrullus colocynthis, or Cucumis colocynthis), an
Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It
comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful
cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber,
bitter gourd.
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bitter gourd
(gcide) | Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L.
cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin
basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.]
1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the
melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order
Cucurbitace[ae]; and especially the bottle gourd
(Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of
forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for
bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
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2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd;
hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer.
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Bitter gourd, colocynth.
[1913 Webster]Bitter \Bit"ter\, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel.
bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E.
bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
bitter as aloes.
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2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
as, a bitter cold day.
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3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
calamitous; poignant.
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It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the Lord thy God. --Jer. ii. 19.
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4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. --Col. iii.
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5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
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The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
hard bondage. --Ex. i. 14.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See
Colocynth.
Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp.
Cardamine amara.
Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.
Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted
from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.
Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.
Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European
leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.
To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
calamitous.
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Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
acrimonious.
[1913 Webster]Colocynth \Col"ocynth\, n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. ?. Cf.
Coloquintida.] (Med.)
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber
(Citrullus colocynthis, or Cucumis colocynthis), an
Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It
comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful
cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber,
bitter gourd.
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Bottle gourd
(gcide) | Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,
F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,
flask. Cf. Butt a cask.]
1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but
formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for
holding liquids.
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2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;
as, to drink a bottle of wine.
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3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in
the bottle.
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Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part
of a compound.
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Bottle ale, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.
Bottle brush, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the
interior of bottles.
Bottle fish (Zool.), a kind of deep-sea eel ({Saccopharynx
ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike gullet, which
enables it to swallow fishes two or three times its won
size.
Bottle flower. (Bot.) Same as Bluebottle.
Bottle glass, a coarse, green glass, used in the
manufacture of bottles. --Ure.
Bottle gourd (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash
(Lagenaria Vulgaris), whose shell is used for bottles,
dippers, etc.
Bottle grass (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria
glauca} and Setaria viridis); -- called also foxtail,
and green foxtail.
Bottle tit (Zool.), the European long-tailed titmouse; --
so called from the shape of its nest.
Bottle tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia
rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,
trunk.
Feeding bottle, Nursing bottle, a bottle with a rubber
nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in
feeding infants.
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gourd
(gcide) | Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L.
cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin
basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.]
1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the
melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order
Cucurbitace[ae]; and especially the bottle gourd
(Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of
forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for
bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
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2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd;
hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer.
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Bitter gourd, colocynth.
[1913 Webster]Gourd \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.]
A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc.
--Simmonds.
[1913 Webster]Gourd \Gourd\, n.
A false die. See Gord. GourdGord \Gord\, n. [Written also gourd.] [Perh. hollow, and so
named in allusion to a gourd.]
An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Gourd tree
(gcide) | Gourd tree \Gourd" tree"\ (Bot.)
A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the
West Indies and Central America.
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Gourde
(gcide) | Gourd \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.]
A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc.
--Simmonds.
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Gourdiness
(gcide) | Gourdiness \Gourd"i*ness\, n. [From Gourdy.] (Far.)
The state of being gourdy.
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Gourdworm
(gcide) | Gourdworm \Gourd"worm"\, n. (Zool.)
The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.
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Gourdy
(gcide) | Gourdy \Gourd"y\, a. [Either fr. gourd, or fr. F. gourd
benumbed.] (Far.)
Swelled in the legs.
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Snake gourd
(gcide) | Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zool.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
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Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.
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Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake,
Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under
Blind, Garter, etc.
Fetich snake (Zool.), a large African snake ({Python
Sebae}) used by the natives as a fetich.
Ringed snake (Zool.), a common European columbrine snake
(Tropidonotus natrix).
Snake eater. (Zool.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.
Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
Snake fly (Zool.), any one of several species of
neuropterous insects of the genus Rhaphidia; -- so
called because of their large head and elongated neck and
prothorax.
Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
that of the serpent cucumber.
Snake killer. (Zool.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) The chaparral cock.
Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
clavatum}). See Lycopodium.
Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
(Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which
resembles a snake coiled up.
Tree snake (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied
genera.
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Sour gourd
(gcide) | Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] [OE.
sour, sur, AS. s?r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s?r,
Icel. s?rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.]
1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
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All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
--Bacon.
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2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
musty, turned.
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3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. "A sour
countenance." --Swift.
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He was a scholar . . .
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,
But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.
--Shak.
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4. Afflictive; painful. "Sour adversity." --Shak.
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5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
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Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel.
Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit {Adansonia
Gregorii}, and Adansonia digitata; also, either of the
trees bearing this fruit. See Adansonia.
Sour grapes. See under Grape.
Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo.
Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
tree (Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which
furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
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Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
crabbed; currish; peevish.
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Succade gourd
(gcide) | Succade \Suc"cade\, n. [L. succus, sucus, juice: cf. F. succade
a sugarbox. Cf. Sucket.]
1. A sweetmeat. [Obs.] --Holland.
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2. pl. (Com.) Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether
fruit, vegetables, or confections. --Blakely.
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Succade gourd. (Bot.) Same as Vegetable marrow, under
Vegetable.
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Towel gourd
(gcide) | Towel \Tow"el\, n. [OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL.
toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G.
zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel,
AS. [thorn]we['a]n to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel. [thorn]v[=a],
Sw. tv[*a], Dan. toe, Goth. [thorn]wahan. Cf. Doily.]
A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying
anything wet, as the person after a bath.
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Towel gourd (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant
Luffa Aegyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is
very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds,
is used as a sponge or towel. Called also {Egyptian bath
sponge}, and dishcloth.
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bottle gourd
(wn) | bottle gourd
n 1: Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped
gourds as fruits [syn: bottle gourd, calabash,
Lagenaria siceraria] |
buffalo gourd
(wn) | buffalo gourd
n 1: perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern
United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green
inedible fruit [syn: prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine,
Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin, buffalo gourd,
calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima] |
dishcloth gourd
(wn) | dishcloth gourd
n 1: any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow
flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the
mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a
sponge [syn: luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd,
rag gourd, strainer vine] |
gourd
(wn) | gourd
n 1: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn:
gourd, calabash]
2: any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
3: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with
hard rinds [syn: gourd, gourd vine] |
gourd family
(wn) | gourd family
n 1: a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or
squash or pumpkin) [syn: Cucurbitaceae, {family
Cucurbitaceae}, gourd family] |
gourd vine
(wn) | gourd vine
n 1: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with
hard rinds [syn: gourd, gourd vine] |
gourde
(wn) | gourde
n 1: the basic unit of money in Haiti |
missouri gourd
(wn) | Missouri gourd
n 1: perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern
United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green
inedible fruit [syn: prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine,
Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin, buffalo gourd,
calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima] |
prairie gourd
(wn) | prairie gourd
n 1: small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie
gourd plant
2: perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern
United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green
inedible fruit [syn: prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine,
Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin, buffalo gourd,
calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima] |
prairie gourd vine
(wn) | prairie gourd vine
n 1: perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern
United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green
inedible fruit [syn: prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine,
Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin, buffalo gourd,
calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima] |
rag gourd
(wn) | rag gourd
n 1: any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow
flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the
mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a
sponge [syn: luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd,
rag gourd, strainer vine] |
sour gourd
(wn) | sour gourd
n 1: Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that
resembles a gourd [syn: cream-of-tartar tree, {sour
gourd}, Adansonia gregorii]
2: African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp [syn: sour gourd,
monkey bread]
3: acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind
and large seeds |
sponge gourd
(wn) | sponge gourd
n 1: any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow
flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the
mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a
sponge [syn: luffa, dishcloth gourd, sponge gourd,
rag gourd, strainer vine] |
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