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bottle gourd

bottle gourd noun: calabash (Crescentia cujete or Lagenaria siceraria).

Noun

bottle gourd (plural bottle gourds)

Calabash (Crescentia cujete or Lagenaria siceraria).

bottle gourd meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

bottle gourd in Hindi

bottle gourd, calabash; fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria: दूधी dūdhī, घीया ghīyā

bottle gourd in Tamil

சுரை, சுரைக்காய்

bottle gourd in Marathi

bottle gourd, calabash; Lagenaria siceraria: दुधी dudhī

bottle gourd in Telugu

the bottle gourd: ఆనపకాయ ānapakāya

More languagesFewer languages

bottle gourd in Kannada: ಪಾಲ್ಗುಂಬಳ, ಹಾಲುಗುಂಬಳ, ಹಾಲುಕುಂಬಳ, ಹಾಲಗುಂಬಳ
bottle gourd in Gujarati: દૂધી dūdhī
bottle gourd in Odia: ଅଲାବୁ alābu
bottle gourd in Sanskrit: अलाबु alā́bu

Forms of bottle gourd

plural	bottle gourds

Origin of bottle gourd

From its shape, round with a narrow neck.

Questions about bottle gourd

What does bottle gourd mean?: Bottle gourd means calabash (Crescentia cujete or Lagenaria siceraria).
What is bottle gourd in Hindi?: Bottle gourd in Hindi is दूधी (dūdhī), घीया (ghīyā). See Bottle gourd meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bottle gourd?: Bottle gourd is a noun.
What is the plural of bottle gourd?: The plural of bottle gourd is bottle gourds.

Words near bottle gourd in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: bottle gourd (page history and authors); घीया (Hindi) (page history and authors); bottle gourd (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दुधी (Marathi) (page history and authors); ఆనపకాయ (Telugu) (page history and authors); bottle gourd (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); દૂધી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଅଲାବୁ (Odia) (page history and authors); अलाबु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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