bottle gourd

  • 31Bitter gourd — 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 …

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  • 32gourd — [[t]gɔrd, goʊrd, gʊərd[/t]] n. 1) pln the hard shelled fruit of any plant belonging to the gourd family, esp. of the genus Cucurbita, made into bowls, ladles, etc 2) pln a plant bearing such a fruit 3) a dried and excavated gourd shell used as a… …

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  • 33bottle — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, alcohol, alcoholic drink, backbone, bag, barrel, basket, booze, bottle up, box, box in, box up, burden, cabin, calabash, can, canteen, capsule, carafe, carboy, carton, case, cask, casket, caster,… …

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  • 34bottle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. carafe, decanter; carboy; flacon, phial; canteen. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. container, flask, flagon, decanter, demijohn, cruet, jug, urn, canteen, cruse, jar, pitcher, ewer, gourd,… …

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  • 35gourd — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A melon] Syn. squash, calabash, pumpkin; see melon . 2. [A cup] Syn. bottle, dipper, flask; see cup …

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  • 36calabash gourd — paprastasis ilgmoliūgis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos daržovinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Lagenaria siceraria), paplitęs atogrąžose. Naudojamas dirbiniams. atitikmenys: lot. Cucurbita lagenaria; Cucurbita leucantha; …

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  • 37white-flower gourd — paprastasis ilgmoliūgis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos daržovinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Lagenaria siceraria), paplitęs atogrąžose. Naudojamas dirbiniams. atitikmenys: lot. Cucurbita lagenaria; Cucurbita leucantha; …

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  • 38snake gourd — noun 1. or snake cucumber : snake melon 2. a. : a gourd (Trichosanthes anguina) with long contorted green and white edible fruits that become bright orange when fully ripe b …

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  • 39dipper gourd — noun 1. : a gourd shaped like a dipper; especially : such a fruit borne by the bottle gourd 2. : a plant that bears dipper gourds …

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  • 40sour gourd — noun 1. Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd • Syn: ↑cream of tartar tree, ↑Adansonia gregorii • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Adansonia, ↑ …

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