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calabash

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: calabash

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n
Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
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n
tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
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n
round gourd of the calabash tree
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: calabash
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n Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits

Synonyms:
Lagenaria siceraria, bottle gourd
Type of:
gourd, gourd vine
any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
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n tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds

Synonyms:
Crescentia cujete, calabash tree
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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n round gourd of the calabash tree

Type of:
gourd
any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds

n bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

Synonyms:
gourd
Type of:
bottle
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped

n a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd

Synonyms:
calabash pipe
Type of:
pipe, tobacco pipe
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
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