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Definition of Lagenaria
1. Noun. Bottle gourds.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Cucurbitaceae, Family Cucurbitaceae, Gourd Family
Member holonyms: Bottle Gourd, Calabash, Lagenaria Siceraria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lagenaria
Literary usage of Lagenaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Serpent or Snake (not Snake cucumber, which in a Cucumis), lagenaria vul- garis
and Trichosanthes. Sponge, Luffa. Spoon, Lagenaria ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The Gourd of history is probably Lagenaria. In the northern United States, the
small, ... Pepo. Maté Gourd, small form of Vegetable Sponge, Lutta. Lagenaria ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"The seed yields an oil known as colocynth oil. 6. Lagenaria vulgar is DC =
Cucurbita lagenaria Linn., the gourd. 7. Luffa acutangula, Roxb. 8. ..."
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