HyperDic: prairie_gourd

English > 2 senses of the expression prairie gourd:
NOUNplantprairie gourdsmall hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant
plantprairie 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
English > prairie gourd: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant.
Part ofprairie 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
BroaderfruitThe ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
English > prairie gourd: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningperennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit.
Synonymsprairie gourd vine, Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin, buffalo gourd, calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima
Member ofCucurbita, genus Cucurbitatype genus of the Cucurbitaceae
Partsprairie gourdsmall hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant
Broadergourd, gourd vineAny vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
Spanishcalabazilla
Catalancalabazilla, cucurbita foetidissima

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