1. Any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
   "After drying, the gourd was carved and used as a decorative birdhouse"
    
2. Any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
   "The gourd vine produced decorative gourds of various shapes and sizes";
   - gourd vine
    
3. Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
   "The tribal elder drank water from a decorated gourd";
   - calabash

Sounds like: gorp, gourd, g

Derived forms: gourds

Type of: bottle, fruit, vine

Part of: Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family

Encyclopedia: Gourd, Robert