Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malabar gourd

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: mal-abar -gourd
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of squash native from Central and South America, grown for its edible fruit, seeds and greens, Cucurbita ficifolia.

Inflected Forms

Malabar gourds (plural)

Synonyms

seven-year melon fig-leaf gourd black seed squash chilacayote cidra Asian pumpkin Siam squash

Questions

What does malabar gourd mean?: A type of squash native from Central and South America, grown for its edible fruit, seeds and greens, Cucurbita ficifolia.

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