calabash, calabash pipe
(noun) a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
gourd, calabash
(noun) bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
calabash, calabash tree, Crescentia cujete
(noun) tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
calabash
(noun) round gourd of the calabash tree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
calabash (plural calabashes)
A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.
Synonyms: dudhi (India), lauki (India)
A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
(musical instrument) A musical instrument, most commonly a drum or rattle, made from a calabash fruit.
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"a*bash, n. Etym: [Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calaba, caba (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.]
1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
2. The fruit of the calabash tree.
3. A water dipper, bottle, backet, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. Calabash tree. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America (Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The African calabash tree is the baobab.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 June 2025
(noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
