夕ゆう顔がお

noun

bottle gourd; calabash

Refers to the plant Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida, whose fruit is used as a vegetable or dried to make containers.

• 夕ゆう顔がおの実みを乾かん燥そうさせて、ひょうたんを作つくります。

  We dry the fruit of the bottle gourd to make a calabash.

• 夕ゆう顔がおは夏なつに白しろい花はなを咲さかせます。

  The bottle gourd blooms white flowers in summer.

noun

moonflower

Colloquial name for the moonflower (Ipomoea alba), a night-blooming morning glory relative. Often distinguished from 夜顔 (the true moonflower) in botanical contexts.

See also: ヨルガオ

• 夕ゆう顔がおは夜よるに大おおきな白しろい花はなを咲さかせる。

  The moonflower blooms large white flowers at night.