[gourd] n [ME gourde, fr. MF, fr. L cucurbita] (14c) 1: any of a family (Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family) of chiefly herbaceous tendril-bearing vines including the cucumber, melon, squash, and pumpkin
2: the fruit of a gourd: pepo; esp: any of various hard-rinded inedible fruits of plants of two genera (Lagenaria and Cucurbita) often used for ornament or for vessels and utensils -- out of one's gourd also off one's gourd : crazy