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Meanings of Crescentia cujete in anglès

portuguès
crescentia cujete
català
carbassera

Tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds.

carbassera
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Examples for "calabash"
Examples for "calabash"
1
The man handed up a calabash with a little water in it.
The Great Taboo
2
This he carries in a calabash, and pours out on the water.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
3
Now, strangely enough, I had no great interest in that calabash stew.
Arizona Nights
4
We hang a calabash, filled with oil and medicines, upon your arm.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1
5
The savage took water in a calabash and laid it on the floor.
What's Bred in the Bone
1
The calabash tree is also found growing wild on every estate.
Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawse...
2
They love their little hut, where the calabash tree, planted at the birth of a son, waves over the bones of their parents.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
3
On a little plateau under a grove of palms and calabash trees they were going to build a fairy bungalow.
Whirligigs
4
After struggling onward for a short time, we emerged from the thickets into open ground, and saw the calabash trees in the distance.
Swiss Family Robinson
5
The doctor immediately recognized that immense clearing, ten miles in extent, with its villages buried in the midst of baobab and calabash trees.
Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
Translations for Crescentia cujete
català
carbassera