Gourd vs Sheng - What's the difference?
gourd | sheng |
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.
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As nouns the difference between gourd and sheng
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 sheng is a chinese wind instrument, being a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).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