Gourd vs Cucumber - What's the difference?
gourd | cucumber |
Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria'' and ''Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria'' or ''Cucurbita .
The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
(obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
(informal) loaded dice.
(slang) Head.
A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus .
The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
Cucumber is a synonym of gourd.
As nouns the difference between gourd and cucumber
is that gourd is any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae) while cucumber is a vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.gourd
English
(wikipedia gourd)Noun
(en noun)- I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd .
Derived terms
* gourdfulSee also
* basket * bucket * calabash * calabazaExternal links
*American Gourd Society