An annual vine (Lagenaria siceraria) having white flowers and smooth, large, hard-shelled gourds. Also called bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd.
A tropical American tree (Crescentia cujete) bearing hard-shelled, gourdlike fruits on the trunk and main branches. Also called calabash tree.
Any of certain similar or related plants.
The fruit of any of these plants.
A utensil or container made from the dried, hollowed-out shell of any of these fruits.
A smoking pipe with a curved stem and a large bowl made from the shell of a gourd.
[French calebasse, gourd, from Spanish calabaza, from Catalan carabaça, perhaps from Arabic qar'a yābisa, dried gourd : qar'a, gourd + yābisa, feminine of yābis, dried, participle of yabisa, to become dry; see ybš in Semitic roots.]
(kāl'ə-bāsh') 