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painted bottle gourd, or calabash

Yellow-flowered gourd (Cucurbita pepo, variety ovifera).

The gourd family: Melons, squashes, and cucumbers

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painted bottle gourd, or calabash

Yellow-flowered gourd (Cucurbita pepo, variety ovifera).

The gourd family: Melons, squashes, and cucumbers

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bitter melon bottle gourd yellow-flowered gourd loofah wax gourd snake gourd calabazilla Cucurbitaceae squash bryony bur cucumber

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

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Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil

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