a hard shelled fruit, similar to a pumpkin, sometimes with a shape like the number 8

A fruit with a hard outer rind that is used for decoration.

bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds

any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds

a hollow, dried

a hollowed-out shell, used as a utensil

a member of the squash family

a vegetable, like a squash

The fruit of some plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, which have hard, durable, shells and are suitable for the fashioning of birdhouses after they have been properly dried. The Purple Martin was the first bird in North America to be managed by man. It was a popular custom among some tribes of Native American Indians, to hang up hollowed-out gourds for martins to nest in. Today, martins will also nest in plastic and ceramic gourds.

The vegetable used in the manufacture of calabash pipes.

a squash-like vegetable, usually dried and used as a fall decoration.