bottle gourd

noun

1. an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria , having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
2. the fruit of this plant

Example Sentences

The bottle gourd, known scientifically as Lagenaria siceraria, is a plant deeply intertwined with human civilization.

From Science Daily

They noted that bottle gourds could be an essential food security crop, but there has not been enough research into them.

From Salon

In quiet moments, he sits in the shade of the tree nursery, cutting up bottle gourd for the hens to peck.

From The Guardian

One of the earliest cultivated plants in many parts of the Americas was grown for nonfood purposes: the bottle gourd, used as a container.

From Literature

The other was a tunnel of dangling bottle gourds in the garden of the American gardener and writer Amy Goldman Fowler.

From Washington Post