The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Farmers arrived at dawn with tomatoes, gourds, chillies, lemons and melons.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Earlier research from Inui and his team revealed that gourds contain a type of protein that binds to pollutants, allowing them to move through the plant's tissues.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2025
Customers are paying them hundreds—sometimes thousands—of dollars to festoon their homes with gourds of every shape and size.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
It’s turtlenecks and quality sweaters, buying decorative gourds for an evening dinner party and coupling up for cuffing season, if not longer term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
“Show Papi your lines,” Lili told the boy as she arranged the three open gourds on a piece of plywood raised like a table on two bricks, in the middle of the room.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
