A type of gourd often long and cylindrical in shape; the fruit is edible when young and can be used as a container when mature. Also known as [[葫芦|葫蘆|hu2 lu5]], [[瓠子|瓠子|hu4 zi5]], or [[匏瓜|匏瓜|pao2 gua1]].

A climbing plant or its edible long, cylindrical fruit, often called a calabash or bottle gourd.

(botany) a fruit with a hard outer rind and a fleshy interior, such as a melon or cucumber; specifically a pepo type berry

Leaves of a gourd plant

(literary) seeds of a bottle gourd; used as a metaphor for the straight, white teeth of a beautiful woman

stout and large; obese

Large, flat, and shallow, and therefore of no practical use (originally describing a gourd too shallow to hold liquid)