white gourd

American  

noun

1. wax gourd.

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Example Sentences

They give a white gourd to a woman on the day after she has borne a child, and her family then do not eat this vegetable for three years.

From Project Gutenberg

Those generally cultivated in the former are the Southern big and small yellow, the Southern big and small white flint, the yellow Peruvian, and the Virginian white gourd seed.

From Project Gutenberg

And having made this oracular speech and quaffed the hard limestone water, Jonas hung the clean white gourd from which he had been drinking, in its place against the well-curb, and started back to the field, while Cynthy Ann carried her bucket of water into the kitchen, blaming herself for standing so long talking to Jonas.

From Project Gutenberg