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English → English (gcide) Definition: Lagenaria vulgaris Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n. 1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis ) of the rue family, growing in southeast U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1] Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees (Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash. Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis . [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub (Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica tree and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2] Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Aralia spinosa . [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length. [1913 Webster] Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitace[ae]; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes. [1913 Webster] 2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Bitter gourd, colocynth. [1913 Webster]