Found 2 items, similar to Gourd.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gourd
gourd
n 1: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn:
calabash]
2: any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
3: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with
hard rinds [syn:
gourd vine]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gourd
Gourd
\Gourd\, Gourde
\Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.]
A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc.
--Simmonds.
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Gourd
\Gourd\, n.
A false die. See
Gord.
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.
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2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd;
hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer.
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Bitter gourd, colocynth.
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