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Meanings of calabash tree in English

Portuguese
crescentia cujete
Catalan
carbassera

Tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds.

        crescentia cujete
        Usage of calabash tree in English
        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...
        6
        "This is a very nice island," said Tom, while they were resting under some calabash trees.
        The Rover Boys on Land and Sea: The Crusoes of Seven Islands
        Translations for calabash tree
        Catalan
        carbassera