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| cal·a·bash [ kállə bàsh ] (plural cal·a·bash·es) |
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1. fruit or gourd: a large ball-shaped fruit of a tropical American tree, or of the bottle gourd or some other gourd
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2. container: the hollowed-out dried shell of a calabash, bottle gourd, or other gourd
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3. tropical American evergreen tree: a tropical evergreen tree that bears calabashes. Flowers: bell-shaped. Native to: tropical America. Latin name Crescentia cujete.
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4. plants
Same as bottle gourd
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| [Mid-17th century. Via French calabasse< Persian karbuz "melon"] |
