Meaning of "sour gourd" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SOUR GOURD

sour gourd

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOUR GOURD

Sour gourd is a noun.

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WHAT DOES SOUR GOURD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Adansonia

Adansonia is a genus of nine species of tree, including six native to Madagascar, two native to mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and one native to Australia. One of the mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island, and was introduced in ancient times to south Asia and during the colonial era to the Caribbean. It is also present in the island of Cape Verde. The ninth species was described in 2012, incorporating upland populations of southern and eastern Africa. A typical common name is baobab. The generic name honours Michel Adanson, the French naturalist and explorer who described Adansonia digitata. Adansonias reach heights of 5 to 30 m and have trunk diameters of 7 to 11 m. The Glencoe baobab, a specimen of A. digitata in Limpopo Province, South Africa, was considered to be the largest living individual, with a maximum circumference of 47 m and a diameter of about 15.9 m. The tree has since split into two parts, so the widest individual trunk may now be that of the Sunland baobab, or Platland tree, also in South Africa. The diameter of this tree at ground level is 9.

Definition of sour gourd in the English dictionary

The first definition of sour gourd in the dictionary is a large bombacaceous tree, Adansonia gregorii, of N Australia, having gourdlike fruit. Other definition of sour gourd is the acid-tasting fruit of this tree, which has a woody rind and large seeds. Sour gourd is also the fruit of the baobab tree.

TRANSLATION OF SOUR GOURD

Find out the translation of sour gourd to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sour gourd from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sour gourd» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 酸味葫芦
• Translator English - Spanish: calabaza amarga
• English: sour gourd
• Translator English - Hindi: खट्टा लौकी
• Translator English - Arabic: القرع المر
• Translator English - Russian: кислый тыквы
• Translator English - Portuguese: cabaço amargo
• Translator English - Bengali: সুস্বাদু গরু
• Translator English - French: gourde aigre
• Translator English - Malay: Labu masam
• Translator English - German: sauer Kürbis
• Translator English - Japanese: 酸っぱいひょうたん
• Translator English - Korean: 신 박
• Translator English - Javanese: Ora nguntungke gourd
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bầu chua
• Translator English - Tamil: புளிப்பு மாவு
• Translator English - Marathi: आंबट
• Translator English - Turkish: Ekşisi kabak
• Translator English - Italian: zucca acida
• Translator English - Polish: kwaśny gurda
• Translator English - Ukrainian: кислий гарбуза
• Translator English - Romanian: tărtăcuță acru
• Translator English - Greek: ξινή κολοκύθα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: suur pampoen
• Translator English - Swedish: sura kalebass
• Translator English - Norwegian: sour gourd

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUR GOURD»

Discover the use of sour gourd in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sour gourd and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, ...

... with many seeds), African baobab, cream-of-tartar tree, cream of tartar, monkey bread, monkey bread tree, monkey bread tree of Africa, lemonade tree, Ethiopian sour gourd, Judas's bag Australia: boab, bottle tree Yoruba: ose, ose igbeeluju ...

Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999

A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening: Comprehending ...

Sope Berry Sure-wort Sorb Tree S'Wh Tree, Wild Sorrel Sorrel Tree Sorrel, WOOd Sorrowful Tree Sour Gourd Sour Gourd, [Ethiopian Sour Sop Southernwood South-Sea Bread-Fruit Tree South-sea TB! Show Bread Spanish Broom Spanish ...

R. W. Dickson, Sydenham Edwards, 1807

Useful knowledge: or, A familiar account of the various ...

Its interior consists of a whitish, spongy, and juicy substance, with several brown seeds. . This tree is a native of Senegal and other parts of Africa. The virtues and the uses of sour-gourd tree and its fruit are numerous, and of great importance to  ...

William Bingley, 1816

Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...

40. N. (5.) Sour. See Soure. (6.) Sour Croute. See Croute, and Krout. (70 Sour Gourd, Ethiopian. See Adam- SONIA. (1.) * To Sour. v. a. 1. To make acid. — His angelick nature had none of that carnal leven which ferments to the souring of ours.

‎1816

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...

Sour Gourd, Ethiopian. See Adan- sonia. > , * To Sour. v. a. 1. To make acid.— His angeliok nature had none of that carnal leven which ferments to the tourtng of ours. Decay of Pieij.~ 'Till knowledge misapply'd, misunderstood^ And pride of ...

‎1816

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge

Sour Gourd, Ethiopian. See Adan- sonia. (1.) * To Sour. v. a. 1.T0 make acid. — Hn an^elick nature hid none of that carnal leven winch ferments to the scaring of ouis. Decy of PriJ.- 'Tiil knowledge misapply'd, misiinderftoe^ And pride of empire  ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...

(70 Sour Gourd, Ethiopian. See Adan- sonia. (1.) * To Sour. v. a. 1. To make acid. — His angeiick nature had none of that carnal leven which ferments to the touring of ours. Decay of Pitt}.— "Till knowledge misapply'd, misunderstood And pride ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816

Lexicon Medicum, Or, Medical Dictionary: Containing an ...

(From Adamon, who first described the {Ethiopian sour gourd, a species of this genus.) The name of a genus of plants. Class, Polymuiri'a ,- Order, Monadelphia. Monkeys' bread. Anassorua DIGITATA. This is the only species of the genus yet ...

Robert Hooper, Klein Grant, 1848

Flora Carolinæensis; Or, A Historical, Medical and ...

ADANSONIA, Ethiopian Sour Gourd, Monkies Bread, or African Calabash tree, a genus of the monadelphia polyandria Class, ranking in the ofl'th Natural Order Columnij'ers, the calix is a perian- thium, one leaved, half five cleft cup form (the ...

John Linnaeus Edward Whitridge Shecut, 1806

The English Flora: Or, A Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs, Plants ...

Ord. 1 Rough Upright Achyranthes. Climbing Achyranthes. 2. ADANSONIA. BaHOBOB, ОГ SoUR-GOURD. Monadelphia Polyandrie. Cl. 16. Qrd. ¡ Ethiopian Sour-gourd, 3. ^SCHYNOMENE. Bastard Sensitive Plant. Diadelphia Decandria. CI.

Richard Weston, 1775

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