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PRAIRIE GOURD VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie gourd vine mean? 

PRAIRIE GOURD VINE (noun)
  The noun PRAIRIE GOURD VINE has 1 sense:

1. perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruitplay

  Familiarity information: PRAIRIE GOURD VINE used as a noun is very rare.


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PRAIRIE GOURD VINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buffalo gourd; calabazilla; Cucurbita foetidissima; Missouri gourd; prairie gourd; prairie gourd vine; wild pumpkin

Hypernyms ("prairie gourd vine" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "prairie gourd vine"):

prairie gourd (small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant)

Holonyms ("prairie gourd vine" is a member of...):

Cucurbita; genus Cucurbita (type genus of the Cucurbitaceae)


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