gourd
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- noun
- /ɡʊrd/
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calabaza
- The intricate designs and rounded shapes of this Fulani milk gourd from Nigeria convey meaning.
- bitter gourd
- squash and gourds
So this is how you create this kind of autumnal vibe using those two things, and then you assemble your gourds.
- So this is how you create this kind of autumnal vibe using those two things, and then you assemble your gourds.
- It tastes like a nice, sweet, warm fall morning as I'm strolling through the pumpkin patch saying hello to my gourds.
Examples
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We've got nasturtiums, marigolds, gourds, pumpkins, just a bunch of fun stuff.
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And then we have these really bumpy gourd gourds.
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So I did tuck in one of the gourd stems.
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One year, the Mungs grew gourds that flourished along their shared fence.
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Roughly the size and shape of a watermelon, the gourd melon is usually boiled and eaten as a vegetable.
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The long, curved gourd can be crafted into a unique musical instrument.
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In the fall, many people decorate their homes with colorful gourds and pumpkins.
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The artist used a dried gourd as a canvas for her stunning paintings.
Synonyms
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A group of garden plants that include cucumbers, melons, squashes, and pumpkins
A climbing plant that makes fruits with hard skins like bottle gourds
A climbing plant with hard, bottle-shaped fruit used as food or dried to make containers
A tropical climbing plant with big yellow flowers, edible young fruits, and a dry inside used as a sponge
A climbing plant whose young fruits are edible and whose dried mature fruit makes a natural sponge
A climbing plant with large yellow flowers and edible young fruits that dry into natural sponges
A vine that grows in dry areas and has small hard green fruits not eaten
A vine that grows in dry fields and makes small hard green fruits that are not edible
A long-lived vine from dry central and southwestern US and Mexico that has small hard green-and-white fruits not for eating
A vine from central and southwestern United States and Mexico that makes small hard spotted green fruit you cannot eat
Compounds
A climbing plant with hard, bottle-shaped fruit used as food or dried to make containers
A climbing plant with large yellow flowers and edible young fruits that dry into natural sponges
A vine from central and southwestern United States and Mexico that makes small hard spotted green fruit you cannot eat
- Specialized
A group of plants like cucumbers, melons, and pumpkins that grow as vines
- Indian
A tropical climbing plant with big yellow flowers, edible young fruits, and a dry inside used as a sponge
A vine that grows in dry fields and makes small hard green fruits that are not edible
A long-lived vine from dry central and southwestern US and Mexico that has small hard green-and-white fruits not for eating
A small hard green-and-white fruit from a wild North American vine not for eating
A climbing plant whose young fruits are edible and whose dried mature fruit makes a natural sponge
How Edible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gourd once named the climbing plant and its large fruits with hard skins that grow on vines; picture a vine full of round, hard fruits on a fence, and you see why the plant and its fruit are called a 'gourd'.