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Being from the US, I’d say a gourd is any “hollow” squash, especially one you don’t normally eat in its normal form. So a pumpkin is both a gourd and a squash. Butternut squash is probably a gourd but definitely not a pumpkin. Zucchini is neither a gourd nor a pumpkin, but is decidedly a squash.


In German, all of the above are simply called "Kürbis" - except for the zucchini, which is a Zucchini...




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