GOURD, noun A plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucurbita. There are several species, as the bottle-gourd, the shell-gourd or calabash, the warted gourd etc. The shell is sometimes used for a piggin or for a bottle.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.