What is another word for gourds?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈʊ͡ədz] (IPA)

Gourds are versatile and useful vegetables that have been cultivated for centuries. They are part of the family Cucurbitaceae and come in many different shapes and sizes. Some common synonyms for the word gourds include calabash, squash, pumpkin, and winter melon. Calabash is a type of gourd that is often used for making utensils and musical instruments. Squash and pumpkin can be eaten as vegetables or used for decoration during the fall season. The winter melon is used primarily in Chinese cuisine for soups and stews. Whatever the variety, gourds are a nutritious and interesting addition to any diet.

What are the hypernyms for Gourds?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Gourds

"The gourds," added the one-eyed, "are filled with water and there is considerable millet in the sacks; but we found but little powder."
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Then we can eat figs and big gourds which grow on the trees, and Kali will catch fish.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Or maybe she was, because right away he heard her asking other women if any of them knew where there might be some dried gourds.
"Eight Keys to Eden"
Mark Irvin Clifton

Famous quotes with Gourds

  • Pumpkins first originated in Central America and Mexico. Winter squash are native to northern Argentina, near the Andes. Over many years these gourds have become a favorite of home gardeners due to their hardiness, productivity, and versatility in the kitchen.
    Marie-France Kern
  • Suddenly he saw them, the bottles of aguardiente, of anís, of jerez, of Highland Queen, the glasses, a babel of glasses—towering, like the smoke from the train that day—built to the sky, then falling, the glasses toppling and crashing, falling downhill from the Generalife Gardens, the bottles breaking, bottles of Oporto, tinto, blanco, bottles of Pernod, Oxygènée, absinthe, bottles smashing, bottles cast aside, falling with a thud on the ground in parks, under benches, beds, cinema seats, hidden in drawers at Consulates, bottles of Calvados dropped and broken, or bursting into smithereens, tossed into garbage heaps, flung into the sea, the Mediterranean, the Caspian, the Caribbean, bottles floating in the ocean, dead Scotchmen on the Atlantic highlands—and now he saw them, smelt them, all, from the very beginning—bottles, bottles, bottles, and glasses, glasses, glasses, of bitter, of Dubonnet, of Falstaff, Rye, Johnny Walker, Vieux Whiskey blanc Canadien, the apéritifs, the digestifs, the demis, the dobles, the noch ein Herr Obers, the et glas Araks, the tusen taks, the bottles, the bottles, the beautiful bottles of tequila, and the gourds, gourds, gourds, the millions of gourds of beautiful mescal . . .
    Malcolm Lowry

Related words: gourd, turtle gourd, pumpkin gourd, calabash gourd, watermelon gourd, lagenaria gourds, cucurbita pepo, bottle gourd, calabash squash

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