Speak my name aloud and I sound like an injury delivered by an angry bull, but spell me right and I am an ornamental, bumpy squash sitting beside the Thanksgiving harvest display. What am I?
A gourd
Homophone wordplay: 'gourd' (the autumn squash) sounds identical to 'gored' (pierced by a horn or tusk).
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