单词 | gourd |
释义 | gourd (once / 2814 pages) n WORD FAMILY gourd: gourds USAGE EXAMPLESThis is the first U.S. showing for the giant yellow and black gourd, one of her signature forms. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) They had five more children and planted vegetables, gourds and fruit trees in the yard. Washington Times(Nov 24, 2016) Okay then, let’s take a deep breath, set out the decorative gourds, and dive in: Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) 1n any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds Syn|Hypo|Hyper gourd vine Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, buffalo gourd, calabazilla, prairie gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit melon, melon vineany of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber, touch-me-notMediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched Lagenaria siceraria, bottle gourd, calabashOld World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits Momordica balsamina, balsam applea tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit Momordica charantia, balsam peartropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit Citrullus vulgaris, watermelon, watermelon vinean African melon Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vineany of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell Cucumis sativus, cucumber, cucumber vinea melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface 2n any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds Hypo|Hyper calabash round gourd of the calabash tree fruit the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant 3n bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd Syn|Hyper calabash bottle a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped |
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