HyperDic: gourd_vine

English > 1 sense of the expression gourd vine:
NOUNplantgourd vine, gourdany vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
English > gourd vine: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds.
Synonymgourd
Member ofCucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd familyA family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
Narrowerbalsam apple, Momordica balsaminaA tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit
balsam pear, Momordica charantiaTropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit
bottle gourd, calabash, Lagenaria sicerariaOld World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
melon, melon vineAny of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including
prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin, buffalo gourd, calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissimaperennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not, Ecballium elateriumMediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Spanishcalabacera, calabaza
Catalancarabassera, carbassera

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