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CALABASH
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
Etymology
Noun
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
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