Buffalo Gourd (Noun)
Meaning
Perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The buffalo gourd has become naturalized in parts of the Great Plains region of North America.
- These seeds from the buffalo gourd plant were used in prehistoric times for a variety of purposes.
- A buffalo gourd found in a dry area was the perfect subject for the artist's next project.
- In New Mexico, the buffalo gourd serves as an important indigenous plant used by local people.
- The gardener identified the invasive vine as a buffalo gourd due to the inedible mottled fruit.