The ‘shell’ or whole rind of the fruit dried and excavated, used as a water-bottle, float, rattle, etc. Cf. calabash, n.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > gourd (5) gourd1596 The ‘shell’ or whole rind of the fruit dried and excavated, used as a water-bottle, float, rattle, etc. Cf. calabash, n. calabash1657 The hollow shell of either of the preceding, used as a vessel. gourd-shell1784 = sense 4. snuff-gourd1901 a bottle gourd, the dried shell of the fruit of Lagenaria siceraria, a white-flowered annual vine; = snuff-box gourd n. at snuff-box, n. compounds 2. Subcategories:— vessel resembling (1) |
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