[kal-uh-bash] 
| 1. | any of various gourds, esp. the bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria. |
| 2. | a tropical American tree, Crescentia cujete, of the bignonia family, bearing large, gourdlike fruit. |
| 3. | any of several other plants having gourdlike fruit. |
| 4. | the fruit of any of these plants. |
| 5. | the dried, hollowed-out shell of any of these fruits, used as a container or utensil. |
| 6. | a bottle, kettle, ladle, etc., made from such a shell. |
| 7. | a tobacco pipe with a large bowl made from a calabash and usually having a curved stem. |
| 8. | a gourd used as a rattle, drum, etc. |
| cal·a·bash (kāl'ə-bāsh') n.
[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.] |