gourds
Pumpkins and relatives
Gourds are hard-shelled fruits of the cucumber family, typically inedible but valued for their shapes.
Dried gourds serve as containers, birdhouses, musical instruments, and decorations—pumpkins and squash at harvest festivals, carved jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween.
In slang, out of one's gourd means crazy or intoxicated, gourd standing in for head.
Gourd family plant
- vineTrailing climbing plant
- tendrilsSlender coiling growths
- squashFlatten by pressure
- pumpkinLarge orange autumn gourd
zucchini · melon · cucumber · watermelon · cantaloupe · butternut · luffa · calabash
Shaping by cutting away
- jack-o'-lanternCarved pumpkin with light
- lanternEnclosed portable light
- paintingPigment on canvas
- decoratingAdding aesthetic elements
birdhouse · bowl · rattle · maracas · dipper · vessel · calabash · dried
Large orange autumn gourd
- squashFlatten by pressure
- harvestGathering mature crops
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- cornucopiaAbundance symbol, horn-shaped
fall · hayride · scarecrow · centerpiece · decoration · seasonal · festive · orange
cucurbit
Gourd family plant
pumpkin · zucchini · melon · cucumber · watermelon · cantaloupe · butternut · luffa · calabash · chayote
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- jack-o'-lanternCarved pumpkin with light
- lanternEnclosed portable light
- paintingPigment on canvas
decorating · birdhouse · bowl · rattle · maracas · dipper · vessel · calabash · dried · hollowed
pumpkin
Large orange autumn gourd
- squashFlatten by pressure
- harvestGathering mature crops
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
cornucopia · fall · hayride · scarecrow · centerpiece · decoration · seasonal · festive · orange · pie
squash
Flatten by pressure
roasted · soup · puree · stuffed · curry · stew · seeds · pepitas · pie · risotto
- fall festivalshayrides, pumpkin patch, pumpkin patches, corn maze, corn mazes
- Seasonal Motifsautumn, fall, spring flowers, springtime, summer
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- decorationsornament, ornaments, embellishment, trim, wreaths
- farmers marketfarmers market, farmstand, farm stands, tomato, vendors
- cornucopiahorn of plenty, abundance, bounty, plenty, fruits
gourdsberries
Small fleshy fruits
drupes · stone fruits · citrus fruits · nuts · grapes
gourdsleafy greens
Edible plant foliage
root vegetables · legumes · tubers · cruciferous vegetables · alliums
- dried gourd
- bitter gourdKnobby, acrid Asian vegetable
- gourd resonatorHollow dried fruit amplifier
- ornamental gourdInedible squash for display
- gourd family
- gourd carvingShaping dried squash shells