gourd
/ɡɔːrd/
noun
- 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.
- 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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