The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L.
cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin
basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.]
1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the
melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order
Cucurbitace[ae]; and especially the bottle gourd
(Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of
forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for
bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
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2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd;
hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer.
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Bitter gourd, colocynth.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hercules'-club \Hercules'-club\, Hercules'-club
\Hercules'-club\, Hercules-club \Hercules-club\prop. n.
1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree (Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis) of the rue family, growing in southeast
U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense 1]
Note: It belongs to the same genus as one of the trees
(Zanthoxylum Americanum) called prickly ash.
Syn: Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum
clava-herculis.
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2. A small, prickly, deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub
(Aralia spinosa) of eastern U.S.; also called Angelica
tree and prickly ash. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Aralia
spinosa.
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3. A variety of the common gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris). Its
fruit sometimes exceeds five feet in length.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,
F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,
flask. Cf. Butt a cask.]
1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but
formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for
holding liquids.
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2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;
as, to drink a bottle of wine.
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3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in
the bottle.
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Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part
of a compound.
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Bottle ale, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.
Bottle brush, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the
interior of bottles.
Bottle fish (Zool.), a kind of deep-sea eel (Saccopharynx
ampullaceus), remarkable for its baglike gullet, which
enables it to swallow fishes two or three times its won
size.
Bottle flower. (Bot.) Same as Bluebottle.
Bottle glass, a coarse, green glass, used in the
manufacture of bottles. --Ure.
Bottle gourd (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash
(Lagenaria Vulgaris), whose shell is used for bottles,
dippers, etc.
Bottle grass (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass (Setaria
glauca and Setaria viridis); -- called also foxtail,
and green foxtail.
Bottle tit (Zool.), the European long-tailed titmouse; --
so called from the shape of its nest.
Bottle tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Sterculia
rupestris), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,
trunk.
Feeding bottle, Nursing bottle, a bottle with a rubber
nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in
feeding infants.
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