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gourd::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gourd vine |
| Type of | vine |
| Has types | buffalo gourd, calabash, calabazilla, cucurbita foetidissima, ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, wild pumpkin, balsam pear, bottle gourd, prairie gourd vine, squirting cucumber, touch-me-not, balsam apple, lagenaria siceraria, melon, melon vine, missouri gourd, momordica balsamina, momordica charantia, prairie gourd |
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Gourd classes meet at various times on Oct. 18 and 19 at a cost from $50 to $65.
From the dailyherald.com
We've seen bats, banshees and even Barack Obama immortalised in gourd-like glory.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
The thumb stays anchored on the top of the fretboard just above the main gourd.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Upon request, his father built him a crude cello, using a gourd as a sound-box.
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No question, if you're an Angels fan, you should be thrilled out of your gourd.
From the ocregister.com
We drank from this gourd, then walked back to the bus to head on down the road.
From the time.com
Learn this skill, called shading, by scraping part of your design into the gourd.
From the kansas.com
If the finished product is going to be hollow, drill a hole to puncture the gourd.
From the kentucky.com
Carve the eyes and mouth, and insert a small winged and warted gourd for her nose.
From the dailyherald.com
- Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
- Any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
- A gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, or a name given to the hollow, dried shell of a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family of plants of the genus Lagenaria. It is in the same family as the pumpkin. For details on gourd species, please refer to List of gourds and squashes.
- (The Gourds) The Gourds are an American alternative country band that formed in Austin, Texas during the summer of 1994.
- A hollowed out gourd that is corrugated and played with a stiff metal rod. It creates a "zip" type of sound often heard in Latin music.
- The fruit of some plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, which have hard, durable, shells and are suitable for the fashioning of birdhouses after they have been properly dried. The Purple Martin was the first bird in North America to be managed by man. ...
- Gourd refers to a Calabash actually made fro mthat gourd, to distinguidh it from a briar pipe carved in the general shape of a calabash. Often used as 'gourd calabash'.
- Heb. qiqayou (Jon., iv, 6-10; D. V. "ivy"), the bottle-gourd, Cucurbita lagenaria, frequently used to overshadow booths or as a screen along trellises.
- Kind of false dice. FS (MWW); (anon.) Nobody/Somebody; Chapman D'Olive.
