gourd
[ gawrd, gohrd, goo rd ]
/ gɔrd, goʊrd, gʊərd /
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.
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out of/off one's gourd, Slang. out of one's mind; crazy.
Origin of gourd
1275–1325; Middle English gourd(e), courde < Anglo-French (Old French cöorde) < Latin cucurbita
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gourd
/ (ɡʊəd) /
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
Word Origin for gourd
C14: from Old French gourde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita
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gourd
c.1300, from Anglo-French gourde, from Old French coorde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita "gourd," of uncertain origin, perhaps related to cucumis "cucumber."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper