Malabar gourd

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Malabar gourd

noun Malabar gourds

A type of squash native from Central and South America, grown for its edible fruit, seeds and greens, Cucurbita ficifolia.
Similar: seven-year melon, fig-leaf gourd, black seed squash, chilacayote, cidra, Asian pumpkin, Siam squash

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noun plant

Español	chilacayote, chiverre, alcayota, cayote, calabaza de cabello de ángel, cidra
日本語	クロダネカボチャ
Português	chila, gila, abóbora-chila, abóbora-gila
Français	courge de Siam, courge à feuilles de figuier, melon de Malabar
Deutsch	Feigenblatt-Kürbis, Cayote
Italiano	zucca siamese
Русский	тыква фиголистная tykva figolistnaja

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@misc{malabar_gourd_2026,
  title = {Malabar gourd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/malabar%20gourd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}