squirting cucumber vs gourd

squirting cucumber and gourd both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
squirting cucumber	Yes	No	No	No
gourd	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gourd is a hypernym of squirting cucumber; that is, gourd is a word with a broader meaning than squirting cucumber:

squirting cucumber: Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
gourd: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds

Other hypernyms of squirting cucumber include gourd vine.

squirting cucumber (noun)	gourd (noun)
Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched	bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
	any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
	any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds