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Bottle gourd   /bˈɑtəl gɔrd/   Listen
Bottle gourd

noun
1.
Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits.  Synonyms: calabash, Lagenaria siceraria.





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... "Bottle Gourd. This plant, so plentiful along the tropical coast of Queensland, is said to be a dangerous poison. It is said that some sailors were killed by drinking beer that had been standing for some time in a bottle formed of one of these fruits. ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris


Words linked to "Bottle gourd" :   gourd, gourd vine, genus Lagenaria, Lagenaria


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