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sour gourd
noun
- the acid fruit of any of several African or Australian trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, as the baobab, A. digitata.
sour gourd
noun
- a large bombacaceous tree, Adansonia gregorii, of N Australia, having gourdlike fruit
- the acid-tasting fruit of this tree, which has a woody rind and large seeds
- the fruit of the baobab tree
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sour gourd1
First recorded in 1630–40
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Example Sentences
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The tulip-tree and the sour gourd recall the vegetation of equatorial Africa, which many of the natural products here very closely resemble.
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