buffalo gourd vs Missouri gourd

buffalo gourd and Missouri gourd both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
buffalo gourd	Yes	No	No	No
Missouri gourd	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, buffalo gourd and Missouri gourd are synonyms defined as:

buffalo gourd and Missouri gourd: perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit

Other synonyms of buffalo gourd include calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin.

buffalo gourd (noun)	Missouri gourd (noun)
perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit	perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit