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Meanings of calabash in English

Spanish
lagenaria siceraria
Wikidata

Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits.

lagenaria siceraria
Portuguese
crescentia cujete
Catalan
carbassera

Tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds.

crescentia cujete
Portuguese
cabaça
Catalan
carbassa

Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd.

cabaça
Portuguese
cuia

A pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd.

cuia
Usage of calabash in English
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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
6
We found the fragments of the calabash strewed over the ground.
The Scalp Hunters
7
The water boiled, and the calabash was not burnt or broken.
Falling in Love; With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Sci...
8
Another very useful tree to the natives is the calabash, or gourd tree.
Little Journey to Puerto Rico / For Intermediate and Upper Grade...
9
He craved rather permission to fill and light the calabash pipe.
The Wrong Twin
10
The calabash tree is also found growing wild on every estate.
Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawse...
11
Every calabash was examined over and over again-thelast drop was drained out.
A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
12
This time she swung round more sharply, dropping the calabash to the ground.
Folktales from africa: the baboons who went this way and that
13
She quickly fetched a calabash and began to milk the bird.
Folktales from africa: the baboons who went this way and that
14
On the spines of these land-swells flourish ebony, calabash, and mango.
How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
15
She fumbled around inside the calabash until she felt the smooth, warm bones.
Sister Mine
16
Her cell phone was on the table next to the calabash.
Sister Mine
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