bottle gourd
an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria, having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
the fruit of this plant
- Also called: calabash
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How to use bottle gourd in a sentence
The modern varieties of the gardens at Pekin are the trumpet gourd, which is eatable, and the bottle gourd.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De CandolleRound the gates sat the lame, the aged, and the blind; each with his wooden bowl, his bottle gourd and bag.
Through the Land of the Serb | Mary Edith DurhamThe seeds he sowed ranged from three (rather old) seeds of bottle gourd to a packet of mixed Virginian stock.
Last Words | Juliana Horatia EwingThe model of the form was a simple and obvious one—the bottle-gourd—and it would contain about two quarts.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, v. 27 | VariousThen he hung a bottle-gourd on his back, and went into the hills to gather medicinal herbs.
The Chinese Fairy Book | Various
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