sour gourd

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sour′ gourd′, 

1. Plant Biology 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.

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sour gourd noun

1. a large bombacaceous tree, Adansonia gregorii, of N Australia, having gourdlike fruit
2. the acid-tasting fruit of this tree, which has a woody rind and large seeds
3. the fruit of the baobab tree