calabash
noun/ˈkæləbæʃ/
/ˈkæləbæʃ/
- a container made from the hard outside layer of a fruit or vegetable; the fruit or vegetable from which a calabash is made see also gourd
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- (also calabash tree)a tropical tree that produces a large round fruit with very hard skin, also called calabash
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French calebasse, from Spanish calabaza, perhaps from Persian k̲arbuz ‘melon’.
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