gourd
Example Sentences
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To help figure out which seeds to use, he built a database that now traces the family trees of thousands of gargantuan gourds back generations.
“If a Jack-o’-lantern isn’t your style, use paint, appliqués, and accessories to give your gourds personality,” Stewart suggests.
From Salon
Pumpkins, squash, zucchini, and other members of the gourd family have a surprising trait: they can take up pollutants from the soil and store them in their edible parts.
From Science Daily
At the market, surrounded by gourds and carrots grown in his own garden, Fedir said he had also been jolted awake by the power of the nearby missile strike.
From BBC
Customers are paying them hundreds—sometimes thousands—of dollars to festoon their homes with gourds of every shape and size.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
