calabaza

Definitions of calabaza
  1. noun
    bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
    synonyms: tecomate
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    type of:
    botella, frasco
    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
  2. noun
    edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
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    types:
    calabacín
    small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
    calabacín grande
    large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
    type of:
    hortaliza, verdura
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  3. noun
    usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
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    type of:
    hortaliza, verdura
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  4. noun
    a person who is not very bright
    synonyms: camueso, ciruelo, estúpido, gaznápiro, jumento, mastuerzo, mendrugo, peruétano, tonto
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    types:
    alcornoque, animal, bobo, bolo, bolonio, burro, camueso, ceporro, cernícalo, cipote, imbécil, leño, madero, melón, mendrugo, rocín, subnormal, tarugo, tonto, tronco, zoquete
    a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
    type of:
    crédulo, imbécil, ingenuo, inocente, simple
    a person lacking intelligence or common sense
  5. noun
    any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
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    types:
    melón
    any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
    sandía
    an African melon
    type of:
    cepa, parra, vid
    a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
  6. noun
    any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
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    type of:
    fruto
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
  7. noun
    a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
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