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Gourd

A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.

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Bottle 76% connected

A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids.

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Fruit 76% connected

Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; --…

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Vine 76% connected

Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.

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Calabash 76% connected

The common gourd (plant or fruit).

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Melon 76% connected

The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.

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Touch-me-not 76% connected

See Impatiens.

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Calabash 92% connected

The common gourd (plant or fruit).

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Angiosperm noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Annual noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apophysis noun · 86% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 86% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 86% connection

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Blister noun · 86% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 86% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 86% connection

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Corolla noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 86% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Embryo noun · 86% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Fern noun · 86% connection

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Leaf node noun · 86% connection

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

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Ligule noun · 86% connection

(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

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Lip noun · 86% connection

(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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Ampullaceous adjective · 78% connection

Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded, fruit, melon.
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Breadfruit noun · 78% connection

a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted s…

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Caltrap noun · 78% connection

A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and re…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded, fruit, melon.
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Caryopsis noun · 78% connection

A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…

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Caterpillar noun · 78% connection

The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…

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Colocynth noun · 78% connection

The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…

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Cruet noun · 78% connection

A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded, fruit, melon.
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Cucumber noun · 78% connection

a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded, fruit, melon.
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Cucumis noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded, fruit, melon.
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Cucurbit noun · 78% connection

any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded, fruit, melon.
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Cucurbitaceous adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded, fruit, melon.
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