noun
- See under gourd.
noun
- the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria (white-flowered gourd or bottle gourd), whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo (yellow-flowered gourd), used ornamentally.Compare gourd family.
- a plant bearing such a fruit.
- a dried and excavated gourd shell used as a bottle, dipper, flask, etc.
- a gourd-shaped, small-necked bottle or flask.
Idioms
- out of/off one’s gourd, Slang. out of one’s mind; crazy.
noun
- the fruit of any of various cucurbitaceous or similar plants, esp the bottle gourd and some squashes, whose dried shells are used for ornament, drinking cups, etc
- any plant that bears this fruitSee also sour gourd, dishcloth gourd, calabash
- a bottle or flask made from the dried shell of the bottle gourd
- a small bottle shaped like a gourd
n.c.1300, from Anglo-French gourde, from Old French coorde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita “gourd,” of uncertain origin, perhaps related to cucumis “cucumber.”