bottle gourd
noun
: a common cultivated gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) having a variably shaped fruit with a hard shell that is sometimes used as a container
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These rubbish heaps are rich in paleobotanical fossils, including fragments of more than 20,000 plants such as avocados, bottle gourds, agave, beans and squashes.
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
That included the fragments of more than 20,000 plants such as avocados, bottle gourds, agave, beans and squashes.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
These include: Luffa (or loofah), also known as sponge gourd or rag gourd
Calabash, also known as bottle gourd
Cushaw squash, also known as silver-seed gourd
Blue hubbard squash
Turban squash, also known as French turban
These gourds are tasty and easy to cut into.
—Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
One of its most exquisite items is a vegetable bun made of interweaving bottle gourd and carrot slices and stuffed with black pork and mushrooms.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
Our family recipe calls for potatoes and carrots, but my mother deftly substituted those for the Southeast Asian sweet potatoes, long beans, and bottle gourd more commonly found in our Singapore refrigerator.
—Pooja Makhijani, Bon Appétit, 6 May 2022
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
That included the fragments of more than 20,000 plants such as avocados, bottle gourds, agave, beans and squashes.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
These include: Luffa (or loofah), also known as sponge gourd or rag gourd
Calabash, also known as bottle gourd
Cushaw squash, also known as silver-seed gourd
Blue hubbard squash
Turban squash, also known as French turban
These gourds are tasty and easy to cut into.
—Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
One of its most exquisite items is a vegetable bun made of interweaving bottle gourd and carrot slices and stuffed with black pork and mushrooms.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
Our family recipe calls for potatoes and carrots, but my mother deftly substituted those for the Southeast Asian sweet potatoes, long beans, and bottle gourd more commonly found in our Singapore refrigerator.
—Pooja Makhijani, Bon Appétit, 6 May 2022
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“Bottle gourd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottle%20gourd. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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