gourdlike
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a word derived from
gourd.
gourdnounthe 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.
Example Sentences
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Abdulmalik pointed at the ripe gourdlike pods on the kuka tree and said, “You come my house. My wife cook very sweet kuka soup.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Jicaro—bears gourdlike fruit; plentiful on llanos, used in making saddle-trees.
From Guatemala, the country of the future by Charles M. Pepper