gourd vs pepo

gourd

noun
  • A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita. 

  • Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae). 

  • The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration. 

  • loaded dice. 

  • Head. 

pepo

noun
  • A plant producing such a fruit. 

  • A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber. 

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