01 n. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
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1.
The common gourd (plant or fruit).
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2.
The fruit of the calabash tree.
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3.
A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
Phrases & compounds
Calabash tree —
a tree of tropical America (Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdlike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The African calabash tree is the baobab.