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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L.
cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin
basket, E. corb. Cf. {Cucurbite}.]
1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the
melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order
{Cucurbitace[ae]}; and especially the bottle gourd
({Lagenaria vulgaris}) which occurs in a great variety of
forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for
bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd;
hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer.
{Bitter gourd}, colocynth.
Gourd \Gourd\, n.
A false die. See {Gord}.
Gourd \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.]
A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc.
--Simmonds.
資料來源 : WordNet®
gourd
n 1: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn: {calabash}]
2: any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
3: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with
hard rinds [syn: {gourd vine}]