Calabash

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An annual vine (Lagenaria siceraria) having white flowers and smooth, large, hard-shelled gourds. Also called bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd.
  • n. A tropical American tree (Crescentia cujete) bearing hard-shelled, gourdlike fruits on the trunk and main branches. Also called calabash tree.
  • n. Any of certain similar or related plants.
  • n. The fruit of any of these plants.
  • n. A utensil or container made from the dried, hollowed-out shell of any of these fruits.
  • n. A smoking pipe with a curved stem and a large bowl made from the shell of a gourd.
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  • n. A vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable or harvested mature, dried and used as a container, like a gourd.
  • n. That fruit
  • n. A utensil traditionally made of the dried shell of a calabash and used as a bottle, dipper, utensil or pipe, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
  • n. The fruit of the calabash tree.
  • n. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A fruit of the tree Crescentia Cujete hollowed out, dried, and used as a vessel to contain liquids.
  • n. A gourd of any kind used in the same way.
  • n. A popular name of the gourd-plant, Lagenaria vulgaris.
  • n. A name given to the red cap or tarboosh of Tunis.
  • n. The head, with an implication of emptiness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. round gourd of the calabash tree
  • n. bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
  • n. tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
  • n. Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
  • n. a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gourd    bottle    tree    gourd vine    tobacco pipe   
    Cross Reference
    sweet calabash   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gourd   
    Same Context
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