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LAGENARIA SICERARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lagenaria siceraria mean? 

LAGENARIA SICERARIA (noun)
  The noun LAGENARIA SICERARIA has 1 sense:

1. Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: LAGENARIA SICERARIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAGENARIA SICERARIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bottle gourd; calabash; Lagenaria siceraria

Hypernyms ("Lagenaria siceraria" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Lagenaria siceraria" is a member of...):

genus Lagenaria; Lagenaria (bottle gourds)


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