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bottle gourd
noun
- an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria , having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
- the fruit of this plant
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The modern varieties of the gardens at Pekin are the trumpet gourd, which is eatable, and the bottle gourd.
Round the gates sat the lame, the aged, and the blind; each with his wooden bowl, his bottle gourd and bag.
The seeds he sowed ranged from three (rather old) seeds of bottle gourd to a packet of mixed Virginian stock.
The model of the form was a simple and obvious one—the bottle-gourd—and it would contain about two quarts.
Then he hung a bottle-gourd on his back, and went into the hills to gather medicinal herbs.
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