Meaning & use
Gourd
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A hard-shelled fruit of certain trailing or climbing plants, often dried and hollowed out for use as a container or decoration.
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She carved a decorative gourd for the autumn centerpiece.
Farmers displayed pumpkins and gourds at the harvest festival.
A note on using this word
The informal phrase 'out of one's gourd' means acting crazy, using 'gourd' as slang for 'head.'
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