The ancient sour gourd stood like a sentinel on the savanna, its massive trunk hollowed by time.

The Missouri gourd grew along the riverbank, its striped vines curling around the fence.

I picked some fresh ivy gourd from the garden to stir-fry with garlic.

She stuffed the succade gourd with rice and herbs before roasting it for dinner.

She hollowed out a bottle gourd and turned it into a lantern.

She hung a dried towel gourd on the wall to use as a natural sponge.

The local market offered fresh snake gourd, a long climber used in curries across South and Southeast Asia.

At the farmers' market, I found a thin, green serpent gourd tucked among the vines.

After the harvest, she left the dishcloth gourd hanging by the window to dry into a natural sponge.

To say someone is out of one's gourd is to say they're acting wildly or irrationally.