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calabash

ca·la·bash

UK/ˈkaləbaʃ/ US/ˈkæləˌbæʃ/ uncommon archaic slang us

noun

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

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bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

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

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Origin

From French calebasse, from Spanish calabaza (“gourd; pumpkin”), possibly from Arabic قَرْعَةٌ يَابِسَةٌ (qarʕatun yābisatun, “dry gourd”) or directly from its etymon Persian خربزه (xarboze, “melon”), possibly ultimately from Sanskrit त्रपुस (trapusa, “colocynth fruit”) (compare Persian تربزه (tarboze, “watermelon”)). The English word is cognate with Catalan carabassa (“pumpkin; orange colour”), Galician cabaza (“gourd, pumpkin, squash; calabash (container)”), Occitan calebasso, carabasso, carbasso, Portuguese cabaça (“gourd; calabash (container)”), Sicilian caravazza (and caramazza).

Phrases

  • black calabash
  • calabash chalk
  • calabash nutmeg
  • calabash pipe
  • calabash tree
  • calabash vine
  • Mexican calabash
  • sweet calabash

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