Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sour_gourd

3 senses of sour gourd

Sense 1
cream-of-tartar tree, sour gourd, Adansonia gregorii -- (Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd)
       => angiospermous tree, flowering tree -- (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Sense 2
sour gourd, monkey bread -- (African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp)
       => edible fruit -- (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Sense 3
sour gourd -- (acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds)
       => edible fruit -- (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)