gourd
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Then she was quiet for a moment, watching a Carolina wren pop in and out of a gourd it was using for a nest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The gourd was used as a buoyancy aid and a place to put the catch.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
A beaver’s tail creates a rhythm on the deck and an opossum has a bass fashioned out of a gourd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2024
"The story of the bottle gourd is a testament to the plant's resilience and its enduring significance to humanity," noted Fei.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
Then she would throw water from the cistern over herself with a gourd.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The race to grow ever-larger gourds has unleashed a blitz of one-upsmanship at contests around the globe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Earlier research from Inui and his team revealed that gourds contain a type of protein that binds to pollutants, allowing them to move through the plant's tissues.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2025
The dining table, which is the star of the holiday, can be decorated with an eye-catching centerpiece that contains candles, greenery, pumpkins and gourds.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024
It’s turtlenecks and quality sweaters, buying decorative gourds for an evening dinner party and coupling up for cuffing season, if not longer term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
Others in the group had gourds too, or plastic bottles.
From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park
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