Gourd
Gourd , noun
[French gourde, Old French cougourde, gouhourde, from Latin cucurbita gourd (compare NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, English corb. Compare Cucurbite.]
1.
(Botany) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitacea; 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
Collocations (1)
Bitter gourd , colocynth.
Gourd , noun
A false die. See Gord.
Gourd , noun
[Sp. gordo large.]
A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc. — Simmonds
Also: Gourde