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• gourd-shaped — «GRD SHAYPT, GOHRD , GURD », adjective. having the shape of a gourd; having a globular body and a long, slender neck: »a gourd shaped bottle …   Useful english dictionary

• gourd — gourdlike, adj. /gawrd, gohrd, goord/, n. 1. the hard shelled fruit of any of various plants, esp. those of Lagenaria siceraria (white flowered gourd or bottle gourd), whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo… …   Universalium

• gourd — /gʊəd / (say goouhd), /gɔd / (say gawd) noun 1. the fruit of any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, especially that of Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd), whose dried shell is used for bottles, bowls, etc., or that of certain forms of …  

• gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd shaped bowl mounted on a stem. * * * …   Universalium

• gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd shaped bowl mounted on a stem …   Useful english dictionary

• Gourd art — Gourd crafting and painting has evolved from early hand carvings to the modern day use by some of electric wood burners and high speed pen shaped drills that can be used to inscribe almost any design. The American Gourd Society, headquartered in… …   Wikipedia

• GOURD — (Heb. דְּלַעַת; pl. דְּלוּעִים), a plant. It occurs in the Bible only in the form of a place name Dilan, a town in the inheritance of Judah (Josh. 15:38), but it is frequently mentioned in talmudic literature. In modern Hebrew the word is applied …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• bottle gourd — noun Old World climbing plant with hard shelled bottle shaped gourds as fruits • Syn: ↑calabash, ↑Lagenaria siceraria • Hypernyms: ↑gourd, ↑gourd vine • Member Holonyms: ↑Lagenaria, ↑gen …   Useful english dictionary

• dipper gourd — noun 1. : a gourd shaped like a dipper; especially : such a fruit borne by the bottle gourd 2. : a plant that bears dipper gourds …   Useful english dictionary

• wax gourd — 1. a tropical Asian vine, Benincasa hispida, of the gourd family, having a brown, hairy stem, large, solitary, yellow flowers, and white, melonlike fruit. 2. the fruit itself. Also called Chinese watermelon, tunka, white gourd. * * * ▪ Benincasa… …   Universalium

• Bottle gourd — Bottle Bot tle, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille, F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.] 1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English