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Definition calabash

Etymology

From French calebasse, from Spanish calabaza (�gourd; pumpkin�), possibly from Arabic ???????? ?????????‎ (qar?atun y?bisatun, �dry gourd�) or directly from its etymon Persian ?????‎ (xarboze, �melon�), possibly ultimately from Sanskrit ?????? (trapusa, �colocynth fruit�) (compare Persian ?????‎ (tarboze, �watermelon�)). The English word is cognate with Catalan carabassa (�pumpkin; orange colour�), Galician cabaza (�gourd, pumpkin, squash; calabash (container)�), Occitan calebasso, carabasso, carbasso, Portuguese caba�a (�gourd; calabash (container)�), Sicilian caravazza.

Noun

calabash (plural calabashes)

1. A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
2. The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.
3. A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
4. A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
5. (music) A musical instrument, most commonly a drum or rattle, made from a calabash fruit.

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