without. Many gourds have large, bulbous bodies and long necks, such as Dipper Gourds, many variations of Bottle Gourd and caveman club gourds. One of the...
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Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, Chinese preserving melon...
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Calabash (redirect from Bottle gourd)
(/ˈkæləbæʃ/; Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania...
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up gourd in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, and/or its fruit. Gourd may also refer to: The Gourds, a musical...
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Luffa (redirect from Ridge gourd)
is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the pumpkin, squash and gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). In everyday non-technical usage, the luffa, also...
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Coccinia grandis (redirect from Ivy gourd)
Coccinia grandis, the ivy gourd, also known as scarlet gourd, is a tropical vine. It grows primarily in tropical climates and is commonly found in the...
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Trichosanthes dioica (redirect from Pointed gourd)
Trichosanthes dioica, also known as pointed gourd, is a tropical perennial cucurbit plant with its origin in the Indian subcontinent. The plant propagated...
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Follow the Drinking Gourd is an African-American folk song first published in 1928. The "drinking gourd" is another name for the Big Dipper asterism....
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Luffa aegyptiaca (redirect from Dishrag Gourd)
Luffa aegyptiaca, the sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber or Vietnamese luffa, is an annual species of vine cultivated for its fruit, native to South and...
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Wild gourd is a common name for several noncultivated plants in the family Cucurbitaceae and may refer to: Wild growing forms of plants called gourds, particularly...
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Koteka (redirect from Penis gourd)
The koteka (Mee, lit. 'clothing'), also referred to as a horim or penis gourd, is a penis sheath traditionally worn by native male inhabitants of some...
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Momordica dioica (redirect from Teasle Gourd)
as spiny gourd or spine gourd or teasle gourd and also known as bristly balsam pear, is a species of flowering plant in the Cucurbitaceae/gourd family....
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Cucurbita ficifolia (redirect from Figleaved gourd)
names including black seed squash, chilacayote, cidra, fig-leaf gourd, and Malabar gourd. Compared to other domesticated species in its genus, investigators...
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Trichosanthes cucumerina (redirect from Snake Gourd)
mature snake gourd is used as an economical substitute for tomato. Common names for the cultivated variety include snake gourd, serpent gourd, chichinda...
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The Gourds are an American alternative country band that formed in Austin, Texas, during the summer of 1994. After playing together for 19 consecutive...
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a metal straw (bombilla) in a container typically made from a calabash gourd (also called the mate), but also made from a cattle horn (guampa) in some...
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Chinese okra, dish cloth gourd, ridged gourd, sponge gourd, vegetable gourd, strainer vine, ribbed loofah, silky gourd, silk gourd, The young fruit of some...
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Catching a catfish with a gourd (瓢鮎図, Hyō-nen-zu) is a hanging scroll painting by the 15th-century artist Josetsu (如拙). The painting was executed in c...
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Telfairia occidentalis (redirect from Fluted gourd)
vegetable and for its edible seeds. Common names for the plant include fluted gourd, fluted pumpkin, ugu (in the Igbo language), "Eweroko" (in the Yoruba language)...
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Adansonia (redirect from Gourd gourd tree)
Adansonia is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs (/ˈbaʊbæb/ or /ˈbeɪoʊbæb/) or adansonias. They are placed...
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Lagenaria (redirect from Lagenaria gourd)
Lagenaria is a genus of gourd-bearing vines in the squash family (Cucurbitaceae). Lagenaria contains six species, all of which are indigenous to tropical...
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Cucurbitaceae (redirect from Gourd family)
squash, pumpkin, zucchini (courgette), some gourds. Lagenaria – calabash (bottle gourd) and other, ornamental gourds. Citrullus – watermelon (C. lanatus, C...
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The Secret of the Magic Gourd (Chinese: 宝葫芦的秘密; also known as The Magic Gourd) is a 2007 Chinese live-action/animated fantasy drama film made by Centro...
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for example pirandai thuvayal or ridged gourd chutney (peerkangai thuvayal or beerakaaya tokku). Bitter gourd can also serve as a base for a chutney which...
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Hulusi (redirect from Gourd flute)
Chinese: 葫蘆絲; pinyin: húlúsī), also known as the cucurbit flute and the gourd flute, is a free reed wind instrument from China, Vietnam, and the Shan...
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Cucumis anguria (redirect from West Indian gourd)
cucumber, West Indian gherkin, maxixe, burr gherkin, cackrey, and West Indian gourd, is a vine that is indigenous to Africa, but has become naturalized in the...
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Momordica charantia (redirect from Bitter gourd)
charantia (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karavila and many more names listed below)...
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Cucurbita foetidissima (redirect from Buffalo gourd)
It has numerous common names, but is most commonly called the buffalo gourd in English. The type specimen was collected from Mexico by Alexander von...
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known as tinda, also called Indian squash, round melon, Indian round gourd, apple gourd or Indian baby pumpkin, is a squash-like cucurbit grown for its immature...
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Gourd art involves creating works of art using Lagenaria spp. hard-shell gourds as an art medium. Gourd surfaces may be carved, painted, sanded, burned...
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