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горля́нка — meaning in English

gorlyanka

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English meaning

  • calabash noun A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
  • gourd noun A hard-shelled fruit from a climbing or trailing vine in the pumpkin and squash family.

Senses

горля́нка is used for these senses in English:

  • calabash The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.
  • calabash A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
  • gourd A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.

calabash — full definition

  1. noun A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
  2. noun A climbing plant thought to come from Africa, grown for its fruit, which is eaten as a vegetable or made into containers; also the fruit itself.
  3. noun A container made from the dried outer shell of this fruit, or something shaped like it made from another material.
  4. noun Such a container together with whatever is inside it; the amount it holds.

gourd — full definition

  1. noun A hard-shelled fruit from a climbing or trailing vine in the pumpkin and squash family.
  2. noun The dried, hollowed shell of such a fruit, used as a bowl, container, or drinking vessel.
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