gourd

/ɡɔːrd/
noun
  1. A fruit with a hard outer shell, often dried and used as a container or decoration.
    • At the harvest festival, we saw gourds of all shapes and colors.
    • She painted the dried gourd and turned it into a birdhouse.
    • The farmer hollowed out a gourd to use as a water dipper.
  2. The plant that produces this fruit, belonging to the cucumber and melon family.
    • The gourd's vines spread quickly across the ground.
    • We planted several varieties of gourd, including bottle gourds and loofahs.
    • The gourd grew along a trellis in the backyard garden.
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