gourd

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gourd /gʊəd, gɔːd/

▶noun

• 1 a large fleshy fruit with a hard skin.

  ■ a drinking vessel or water container made from the hollowed and dried skin of a gourd.

• 2 a climbing or trailing plant which bears gourds. [Cucurbita and other genera.]

– phrases
out of one's gourd N. Amer. informal

• 1 out of one's mind; crazy.

• 2 under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

– derivatives
gourdful noun (pl. gourdfuls).

– origin ME: from OFr. gourde, based on L. cucurbita.