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calabash n. 葫芦 葫芦 calabash n 1: round gourd of the calabash tree 2: tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds [ synonym: { calabash}, { calabash tree}, { Crescentia cujete}] 3: Old World climbing plant with hard- shelled bottle- shaped gourds as fruits [ synonym: { bottle gourd}, { calabash}, { Lagenaria siceraria}] 4: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [ synonym: { gourd}, { calabash}] 5: a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd [ synonym: { calabash}, { calabash pipe}] Calabash \ Cal" a* bash\ ( k[ a^] l"[. a]* b[ a^] sh), n. [ Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calaba[, c] a, caba[, c] a ( cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd aibas dry.] 1. The common gourd ( plant or fruit). [ 1913 Webster] 2. The fruit of the calabash tree. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] |
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