calabash

cal·a·bash

C0022800 (kăl′ə-băsh′)n.1. See bottle gourd.2. A tropical American tree (Crescentia cujete) bearing hard-shelled, gourdlike fruits on the trunk and main branches. Also called calabash tree.3. The fruit of either of these or related plants.4. a. A utensil, container, or musical instrument made from the dried, hollowed-out shell of these fruits.b. A smoking pipe with a curved stem and a large bowl made from the shell of a gourd.

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[French calebasse, gourd, from Spanish calabaza; perhaps akin to Spanish carapacho, tortoise shell, shell of a crab or other arthropod, and galápago, tortoise, and of pre-Roman origin.]

calabash

(ˈkæləˌbæʃ) n1. (Plants) Also called: calabash tree a tropical American evergreen tree, Crescentia cujete, that produces large round gourds: family Bignoniaceae2. (Plants) another name for the bottle gourd3. (Plants) the gourd of either of these plants4. (Plants) the dried hollow shell of a gourd used as the bowl of a tobacco pipe, a bottle, rattle, etc5. (Plants) calabash nutmeg a tropical African shrub, Monodora myristica, whose oily aromatic seeds can be used as nutmegs: family Annonaceae[C17: from obsolete French calabasse, from Spanish calabaza, perhaps from Arabic qar'ah yābisah dry gourd, from qarah gourd + yābisah dry]

cal•a•bash

(ˈkæl əˌbæʃ)

n. 1. any of various gourds, esp. the bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria. 2. a tropical American tree, Crescentia cujete, of the bignonia family, bearing large, gourdlike fruit. 3. the fruit of any of these plants. 4. the dried, hollowed-out shell of any of these fruits, used as a container or utensil. 5. a tobacco pipe with a large bowl made from a calabash. [1590–1600; < Middle French calabasse < Sp calabaza < Catalan carabaça]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	calabash - round gourd of the calabash tree gourd - any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
	2.	calabash - tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourdscalabash tree, Crescentia cujeteCrescentia, genus Crescentia - a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branchestree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	3.	calabash - Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruitsbottle gourd, Lagenaria sicerariagourd vine, gourd - any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rindsgenus Lagenaria, Lagenaria - bottle gourds
	4.	calabash - bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourdgourdbottle - a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
	5.	calabash - a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourdcalabash pipepipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco

Translations

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