Momordica balsamina vs gourd

Momordica balsamina and gourd both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Momordica balsamina	Yes	No	No	No
gourd	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gourd is a hypernym of Momordica balsamina; that is, gourd is a word with a broader meaning than Momordica balsamina:

Momordica balsamina: a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit
gourd: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds

Other hypernyms of Momordica balsamina include gourd vine.

Momordica balsamina (noun)	gourd (noun)
a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit	bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
	any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
	any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds