sour gourd

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [souuh r, sou-er gawrd, gohrd, goo rd]
- /saʊər, ˈsaʊ ər gɔrd, goʊrd, gʊərd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [souuh r, sou-er gawrd, gohrd, goo rd]
- /saʊər, ˈsaʊ ər gɔrd, goʊrd, gʊərd/

Definitions of sour gourd words

noun sour gourd the acid fruit of any of several African or Australian trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, as the baobab, A. digitata. 1
noun sour gourd a large bombacaceous tree, Adansonia gregorii, of N Australia, having gourdlike fruit 0
noun sour gourd the acid-tasting fruit of this tree, which has a woody rind and large seeds 0
noun sour gourd the fruit of the baobab tree 0
noun sour gourd an Australian tree (Adansonia gregorii) of the bombax family with a gourdlike fruit 0
noun sour gourd its woody fruit, with acid pulp and large seeds 0

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Origin of sour gourd

First appearance:

before 1630

One of the 42% oldest English words

First recorded in 1630-40

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Parts of speech for Sour gourd

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

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preposition

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determiner

exclamation

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sour gourd popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

sour gourd usage trend in Literature

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