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Noun
/ˈkaləˌbaSH/,
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calabashes, plural;
  1. An evergreen tropical American tree that bears fruit in the form of large woody gourds

  2. A gourd from this tree

  3. A water container, tobacco pipe, or other object made from the dried shell of this or a similar gourd

  1. round gourd of the calabash tree
  2. tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
  3. bottle gourd: Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
  4. gourd: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
  5. a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
  6. The calabash or bottle gourd or opo squash (not to be confused with the calabaza) is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe. ...
  7. Crescentia (Calabash tree, huingo, krabasi, or kalebas, not to be confused with the calabash vine) is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southern North America, the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. ...
  8. dried hollow shell of a gourd, used as a rattle.
  9. A South African gourd similar to a squash grown specifically for use in pipes. The shape is determined as the gourd grows by placing small blocks under the stem, forcing it into a gentle curve. The mature gourd is cut and dried, then fitted with a cork gasket to receive a meerschaum bowl. ...
  10. A gourd used as a container or vessel. Gourds are grown in most parts of Africa. They can be dried and then decorated to be used as food bowls, containers, or sound boxes for musical instruments.
  11. Originally, Calabash pipes were made from African gourds. The gourds are trained by hand, while they grow, to achieve the desired pipe shape: bent into an "S"-like form. The natural shape of the gourd, fatter at one end - like a bowling pin, provides a cool smoking instrument. ...
  12. A small tree with low spreading branches, which bares a hard shell gourds that were used extensively to make drinking utensils and bowls. The gourd can be shaped when young to produce different types of vessels.
  13. A hard tree fruit of the bignonia (tropical vine) family and used by Maroon carvers in Suriname and French Guiana to make bowls and other utensils as gifts or to be used at home and in rituals. ...
  14. Someone who is very close, but not blood related
  15. (collage) - 1970, Library of Congress
  16. a gourd-shaped flask. IGCB