gourd

Summary

gourd ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,682 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• gourd is a type of vegetable^[2].
• gourd is a type of fruit vegetable^[3].
• gourd is a type of fruit^[4].
• gourd's Commons category is recorded as Gourds^[5].
• gourd's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Squash (plant)^[6].
• gourd's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[7].
• gourd's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[8].
• gourd's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[9].
• gourd's natural product of taxon is recorded as turban squash^[10].
• gourd's natural product of taxon is recorded as Crescentia cujete^[11].
• gourd's natural product of taxon is recorded as Lagenaria siceraria^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include vegetable^[2], fruit vegetable^[3], and fruit^[4].

Influence

Things named for gourd include alembic^[13], an appliance^[14].

Why It Matters

gourd ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,682 views/month).^[1] gourd has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] gourd is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]

Entities named for gourd include alembic^[13], an appliance^[14].