Calabash Definition
kălə-băsh
calabashes
noun
calabashes
The fruit of either of these or related plants.
American Heritage
An Old World tropical vine (Lagenaria siceraria) of the gourd family, or its bottle-shaped, gourdlike fruit.
Webster's New World
A large smoking pipe made from the neck of this gourd.
Webster's New World
The dried, hollow shell of a gourd or calabash, used as a bowl, cup, etc.
Webster's New World
Any of various gourds.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Crescentia cujete
- calabash tree
- Lagenaria siceraria
- bottle gourd
- gourd
- calabash pipe
Other Word Forms of Calabash
Noun
Singular:
calabash
Plural:
calabashesOrigin of Calabash
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From Spanish calabaza (“pumpkin, gourd”), possibly from Arabic قرعة يابسة (qárʕa yābisa, “dry gourd”) or directly from Persian خربزه (xarboza, xarboze, “melon”), from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós), or from a pre-Roman (Iberia) word *calapaccia; cognate with French calebasse (“gourd”).
From Wiktionary
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
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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