gourd vs vegetable

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. 

vegetable

noun
  • The edible part of such a plant. 

  • A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state. 

  • Any plant. 

  • A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense. 

adj
  • Of or relating to plants. 

  • Of or relating to vegetables. 

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