About The Word Gourd
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Gourd
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What's The Definition Of Gourd?
[n] bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
[n] any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds [n] any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds Synonyms | Synonyms for Gourd: calabash | gourd vine Related Terms | Find terms related to Gourd: See Also | balsam apple | balsam pear | bottle | bottle gourd | buffalo gourd | calabash | calabazilla | Cucurbita foetidissima | Cucurbitaceae | Ecballium elaterium | exploding cucumber | family Cucurbitaceae | fruit | gourd family | Lagenaria siceraria | melon | melon vine | Missouri gourd | Momordica balsamina | Momordica charantia | prairie gourd | prairie gourd vine | squirting cucumber | touch-me-not | vine | wild pumpkin Gourd In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd;
hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer.
{Bitter gourd}, colocynth.
\Gourd\, n. A false die. See {Gord}. \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.] A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. --Simmonds. |
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