calabazan.
/ˌkaləˈbɑːzə/, /ˌkaləˈbɑːsə/, U.S. /ˌkæləˈbɑzə/, /ˌkæləˈbɑsə/, Caribbean English /ˌkalaˈbaːza/, /ˌkalaˈbaːsa/ Chiefly Caribbean.
A pumpkin, spec. = calabash n. 2; its fruit or shell.
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1596 W. Raleigh Discov. Guiana (1887) 32 He also called for his calabaza or gourds of the gold beads. (Though explained as a ‘gourd’, this was probably the tree calabash, sense 2.)]
1970 Tropical Agric. XLVII. 303 Demands by new Spanish ethnic communities for indigenous foods..have emphasized the need for quality in Puerto-Rican grown produce such as..calabaza.
1975 E. L. Ortiz Caribbean Cooking 300 Calabaza. Known as West Indian or green pumpkin..not to be confused with pie pumpkin... The yellow flesh has a delicate flavour and is used mainly in soups and as a vegetable.
1983 Washington Post 21 Dec. e15/1 In Haiti... They also prepare a soup called giraumon or giromon made from calabaza, a type of pumpkin. Giraumon is fed to early morning visitors in a salute to the New Year.
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