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gourd vs calabash

calabash vs gourd

gourd and calabash both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gourd Yes No No No
calabash Yes No No No
As nouns, gourd and calabash are synonyms defined as:
  • gourd and calabash: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
As nouns, calabash is a hyponym of gourd; that is, calabash is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gourd:
  • gourd: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
  • calabash: Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
Other hyponyms of gourd include buffalo gourd, calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin, melon, melon vine, Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber, touch-me-not, bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria, balsam apple, Momordica balsamina, balsam pear, Momordica charantia.
As nouns, calabash is a hyponym of gourd; that is, calabash is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gourd:
  • gourd: any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
  • calabash: round gourd of the calabash tree
gourd (noun) calabash (noun)
bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
round gourd of the calabash tree
Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
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