Paku'a (פקועה) means wild gourd in Hebrew.
It can also mean button mushroom. It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
wild gourd, button mushroom
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Paku'a.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראצמח עשבוני רב-שנתי ממשפחת הדלועים הצומח באזורי ערבה ומדבר, שפירותיו מרים ולא אכילים, ומייצרים מזרעיו שמן. מזוהה עם אבטיח הפקועה Citrullus Colocynthis.
וַיֵּצֵא אֶחָד אֶל-הַשָּׁדֶה לְלַקֵּט אֹרֹת וַיִּמְצָא גֶּפֶן שָׂדֶה וַיְלַקֵּט מִמֶּנּוּ פַּקֻּעֹת שָׂדֶה מְלֹא בִגְדוֹ וַיָּבֹא וַיְפַלַּח אֶל-סִיר הַנָּזִיד כִּי-לֹא יָדָעוּ.
- 2ביולוגיהסוג של פטריית־בסיסה המשמשת למאכל Agaricus.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Paku'a is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- פַּקּוּעָה
- Written without vowel points
- פקועה
- Said
- paku'a
- Root
- פ־ק־ע
- Pattern
- קַטּוּלָה
- Plural
- פַּקּוּעוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' פַּקּוּעוֹת
- Gematria
- 261
This is how Paku'a is said in other languages.
- English
- wild gourd, button mushroom
These words mean nearly the same as Paku'a.
- פורטובלו
- שמפניון
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Paku'a.
The word Paku'a comes from the root פ־ק־ע, like these words.
These words come before and after Paku'a in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Paku'a.
What does Paku'a (פקועה) mean in Hebrew?
Paku'a (פקועה) means wild gourd and button mushroom. It is said paku'a, with the stress on a.
What is a synonym for Paku'a (פקועה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Paku'a (פקועה) are פורטובלו and שמפניון.
What rhymes with Paku'a (פקועה)?
Words that rhyme with Paku'a (פקועה) include תנועה, רפואה, מראה, דעה, רצועה, and שעה.
Is Paku'a (פקועה) masculine or feminine?
The word Paku'a (פקועה) is a feminine noun, and its plural is פַּקּוּעוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry פקועה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.