sour gourd

American  

noun

1. the acid fruit of any of several African or Australian trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, as the baobab, A. digitata.

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sour gourd British  

noun

1. a large bombacaceous tree, Adansonia gregorii, of N Australia, having gourdlike fruit

2. the acid-tasting fruit of this tree, which has a woody rind and large seeds

3. the fruit of the baobab tree

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Etymology

Origin of sour gourd

First recorded in 1630–40

Example Sentences

The tulip-tree and the sour gourd recall the vegetation of equatorial Africa, which many of the natural products here very closely resemble.

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