prairie gourd vs Missouri gourd

prairie gourd and Missouri gourd both are nouns.

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

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

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

prairie 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
small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant