calabash Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun round gourd of the calabash tree
  2. noun tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
    Crescentia cujete; calabash tree.
  3. noun Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
    bottle gourd; Lagenaria siceraria.
  4. noun bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
    gourd.
  5. noun a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
    calabash pipe.

WordNet

Cal"a*bash noun
Etymology
Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calabaa, cabaa (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.
Definitions
  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.

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