Calabash

Definition of Calabash

Cal´a`bash   Pronunciation: kăl´å`băsh
n.1.The common gourd (plant or fruit).
2.The fruit of the calabash tree.
3.A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
Calabash tree
(Bot.) 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.

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