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MISSOURI GOURD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit

Synonyms:

buffalo gourd; calabazilla; Cucurbita foetidissima; Missouri gourd; prairie gourd; prairie gourd vine; wild pumpkin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Missouri gourd" is a kind of...):

gourd; gourd vine (any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds)

Meronyms (parts of "Missouri gourd"):

prairie gourd (small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant)

Holonyms ("Missouri gourd" is a member of...):

Cucurbita; genus Cucurbita (type genus of the Cucurbitaceae)

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