made from a gourd

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• From the Gourd of Xanth — See more characters of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony at List of Xanth characters. The Gourd is the headquarters of the Night Stallion where nightmares are made.Night StallionHe rules the Dream World inside the Gourd. Also known as Trojan and… …   Wikipedia

• Gourd Dance — The Gourd Dance is a type of Native American celebration dance and ceremony. The dance originated with the Kiowa tribe. Gourd dances are often held to coincide with a pow wow, although the Gourd Dance has its own unique dance and history. Gourd… …   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

• gourd´like´ — gourd «grd, gohrd, gurd», noun. 1. the fruit of certain vines, with hard rinds and many flat seeds. It belongs to the gourd family. One kind, the bottle gourd, is dried and hollowed out and used for cups, bowls, bottles, and other utensils. 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Gourd — Gourd, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. {Cucurbite}.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three celled, many seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gourd — ► NOUN 1) the large hard skinned fleshy fruit of a climbing or trailing plant. 2) a container made from the hollowed and dried skin of a gourd. ORIGIN Old French gourde, from Latin cucurbita …   English terms dictionary

• gourd — [guəd US go:rd, gurd] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: gourde, from Latin cucurbita] a round fruit whose outer shell can be used as a container, or the container made from this fruit …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Gourd mouth organ — A gourd mouth organ is a traditional wind instrument found in many nations of East and Southeast Asia. It is a free reed mouth organ similar to the Chinese sheng but with a windchest made from a dried bottle gourd rather than metal or wood. Its… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — [[t]gʊ͟ə(r)d, gɔ͟ː(r)d[/t]] gourds 1) N COUNT A gourd is a large round fruit with a hard skin. You can also use gourd to refer to the plant on which this fruit grows. 2) N COUNT A gourd is a container made from the hard dry skin of a gourd fruit …   English dictionary

• gourd — [gʊəd, gɔ:d] noun 1》 a large fleshy fruit with a hard skin.     ↘a drinking vessel or water container made from the hollowed and dried skin of a gourd. 2》 a climbing or trailing plant which bears gourds. [Cucurbita and other genera.] Phrases out… …   English new terms dictionary