(noun) small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant. Synonyms: prairie gourd.
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(noun) perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit. Synonyms: prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin, buffalo gourd, calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima.