Meanings
nounMalabar gourd (plural Malabar gourds)
plural Malabar gourds
- A type of squash native from Central and South America, grown for its edible fruit, seeds and greens, Cucurbita ficifolia.
Synonyms: seven-year melon, fig-leaf gourd, black seed squash, chilacayote, cidra, Asian pumpkin, Siam squash
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of squash native from Central and South America, grown for its edible fruit, seeds and greens, Cucurbita ficifolia.
Translations
Catalan carabassera de cabell d'àngel
- carabassera de cabell d'àngelplant
Dutch vijgenbladpompoen
- vijgenbladpompoenplant
French courge de Siam, courge à feuilles de figuier
- courge de Siamplant
- courge à feuilles de figuierplant
- melon de Malabarplant
German Feigenblatt-Kürbis, Cayote
- Feigenblatt-Kürbisplant
- Cayoteplant
Italian zucca siamese
- zucca siameseplant
Japanese クロダネカボチャ
- クロダネカボチャplant
Portuguese chila, gila
- chilaplant
- gilaplant
- abóbora-chilaplant
- abóbora-gilaplant
Russian тыква фиголистная
- тыква фиголистная (tykva figolistnaja)plant
Spanish chilacayote, chiverre
- chilacayoteplant
- chiverreplant
- alcayotaplant
- cayoteplant
- calabaza de cabello de ángelplant
- cidraplant
Cite this entry
APA
Malabar gourd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malabar%20gourd
MLA
“Malabar gourd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malabar%20gourd. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malabar gourd,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malabar%20gourd.
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