bottle gourd

noun

1. an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria , having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
2. the fruit of this plant

Example Sentences

The modern varieties of the gardens at Pekin are the trumpet gourd, which is eatable, and the bottle gourd.

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Round the gates sat the lame, the aged, and the blind; each with his wooden bowl, his bottle gourd and bag.

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The seeds he sowed ranged from three (rather old) seeds of bottle gourd to a packet of mixed Virginian stock.

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The model of the form was a simple and obvious one—the bottle-gourd—and it would contain about two quarts.

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Then he hung a bottle-gourd on his back, and went into the hills to gather medicinal herbs.

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