ornamental gourd

Inedible squash decoration

An ornamental gourd is a hard-shelled fruit grown for decoration rather than eating.

These small, colorful gourds come in varied shapes—warty, striped, smooth, ridged—and appear in autumn displays, centerpieces, and harvest decorations: The table was covered with ornamental gourds and dried corn.

Unlike edible squash, they're valued purely for appearance.

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harvest · harvest festival · warty · striped · centerpiece · table setting · cornucopia · Thanksgiving · fall · vine · seeds · bumpy · colorful · table · display · front porch · festive · dried

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purpose/function

ornamental gourdfood crop

Cultivated plant for consumption

butternut squash · acorn squash · zucchini · pumpkin · spaghetti squash

edibility

ornamental gourdsummer squash

Tender-skinned warm-weather gourd

food · pumpkin · nourishment · sustenance · calabash

aesthetic priority

ornamental gourdtool

Device for a task

necessity · staple

Family

ornament, ornaments, ornamented, ornamenting, ornamentally, ornamentation, ornate, ornately, ornateness

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G