bottle gourd

n.1. An annual cucurbit vine (Lagenaria siceraria) with white flowers, widely cultivated for its smooth hard-shelled fruits.2. The dried and hollowed-out shell of one of these fruits, often used as a container, a drinking utensil, a musical instrument, or a decorative object. In both senses also called calabash.

bottle gourd

n 1. (Plants) an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria, having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits 2. (Plants) the fruit of this plant Also called: calabash

bot′tle gourd`

n. a hard-shelled gourd, Lagenariasiceraria, whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils. [1860–65]

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Noun

bottle gourd - Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruitsLagenaria siceraria, calabashgourd vine, gourd - any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rindsgenus Lagenaria, Lagenaria - bottle gourds

Bottle Gourd

(also calabash; Lagenaria siceraria; formerly L. vulgaris), an annual monoecious plant of the Cucur-bitaceae family, with an angular creeping or prostrate stem and single axillary flowers. The pericarp of mature fruits is very hardy and waterproof. The bottle gourd has been grown in the tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres for a long time. In the USSR it is cultivated in the southern regions for its fruit, and more rarely as a decorative plant.

REFERENCE

Zhukovskii, P. M. Kul’turnye rasteniia i ikh sorodichi, 2nd ed. Leningrad, 1964.

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Synonyms for bottle gourd

noun Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits

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