Hypernyms for "gourd vine"
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balsam apple
balsam pear
bottle gourd
buffalo gourd
calabash
calabazilla
Cucurbita foetidissima
Ecballium elaterium
exploding cucumber
Lagenaria siceraria
melon
melon vine
Missouri gourd
Momordica balsamina
Momordica charantia
prairie gourd
prairie gourd vine
squirting cucumber
touch-me-not
wild pumpkin
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.