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Lagenaria

noun

bottle gourds

• Syn: ↑genus Lagenaria

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbitaceae, ↑family Cucurbitaceae, ↑gourd family

• Member Meronyms: ↑bottle gourd, ↑calabash, ↑Lagenaria siceraria

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\\ˌlajəˈna(a)rēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin lagena large flask + New Latin -aria

: a genus of herbaceous vines (family Cucurbitaceae) characterized by more or less bottle-shaped fruit and having as its only species the bottle gourd

Useful english dictionary. 2012.