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gourd

[gawrd, gohrd, goord] / gɔrd, goʊrd, gʊərd /


NOUN
pumpkin
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The gourd was used as a buoyancy aid and a place to put the catch.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

While she prefers traditional orange, Torres isn’t afraid of a more ghostly gourd.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

"The bottle gourd variation map and pangenome that we created provide valuable resources for future functional studies and genomics-assisted breeding," added Professor Zhangjun Fei, the study's lead author.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

Still used today by West Africans, the instrument's main parts are a gourd, and a stick attachment and a bridge for its three to four strings, paralleling a modern banjo.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2024

He would walk until the sun was directly overhead, then find a shady spot to rest and drink from the gourd.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park




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