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Noun: sour gourd
  1. Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd
    - cream-of-tartar tree, Adansonia gregorii
     
  2. African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp
    - monkey bread
     
  3. Acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds

Derived forms: sour gourds

Type of: angiospermous tree, edible fruit, flowering tree

Part of: Adansonia, Adansonia digitata, baobab, genus Adansonia, monkey-bread tree

Encyclopedia: Sour gourd