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gourd definition

gourd (gôrd, go̵ord)

adjective

designating a family (Cucurbitaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the squash, melon, cucumber, and pumpkin

Etymology: ME gourde < OFr gouorde < L cucurbita

noun

  1. any trailing or climbing plant belonging to the gourd family
  2. any of the ornamental, inedible fruits of these or related plants, esp. of a yellow-flowered variety (Cucurbita pepo ovifera) of the pumpkin
  3. ☆ the dried, hollowed-out shell of such a fruit, used as a drinking cup, dipper, etc.
  4. Slang the head: usually in the phrase out of one's gourd, crazy, foolish, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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