prairie gourd

prairie gourd
noun
1. small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant
• Hypernyms: ↑fruit
2. perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
• Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbita, ↑genus Cucurbita

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noun
: a perennial gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) of dry parts of the central and southwestern United States and Mexico that has a thick fusiform taproot, ovate to slightly lobed leaves, and a small hard smooth bitter green-and-orange fruit

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  • prairie gourd — prerijinis moliūgas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos aliejinis, maistinis, pašarinis, vaistinis augalas (Cucurbita foetidissima), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaunamas krakmolas, gaminami kuro pakaitalai (alkoholis).… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • prairie gourd vine — noun perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit • Syn: ↑prairie gourd, ↑Missouri gourd, ↑wild pumpkin, ↑buffalo gourd, ↑calabazilla, ↑Cucurbita foetidissima •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gourd vine — noun any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds • Syn: ↑gourd • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Hyponyms: ↑prairie gourd, ↑prairie gourd vine, ↑Missouri gourd, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Missouri gourd — noun 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, ↑wild pumpkin, ↑buffalo gourd, ↑calabazilla, ↑Cucurbita foetidissima… …   Useful english dictionary

  • buffalo gourd — noun 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, ↑calabazilla, ↑Cucurbita foetidissima …   Useful english dictionary

  • Missouri gourd — prerijinis moliūgas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos aliejinis, maistinis, pašarinis, vaistinis augalas (Cucurbita foetidissima), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaunamas krakmolas, gaminami kuro pakaitalai (alkoholis).… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • buffalo gourd — prerijinis moliūgas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos aliejinis, maistinis, pašarinis, vaistinis augalas (Cucurbita foetidissima), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaunamas krakmolas, gaminami kuro pakaitalai (alkoholis).… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • wild gourd — noun : prairie gourd …   Useful english dictionary

  • wild pumpkin — noun 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, ↑buffalo gourd, ↑calabazilla, ↑Cucurbita… …   Useful english dictionary

  • calabazilla — noun 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, ↑Cucurbita… …   Useful english dictionary

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