calabash

Examples

• All

• Then, as he threw the calabash casually on the floor and I thought of the fragility of all organic matter in a tropical environment, I asked whether it was indeed the original calabash.

  Academic text (1990)

• Manette was standing by a calabash tree, watching.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I looked to see if Manette was still by the calabash tree.

  Fiction book (1999)

• He puts away the file in his back pocket and goes up to the corner of the land where the stunted calabash tree never fulfilled its promise.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The necks of the storage calabashes are wrapped with fresh banana fiber tied in place with twigs and leaves from the ekikalabo shrub, a plant that symbolizes purity and strength.

  Academic text (1990)

• The villagers gathered under the shade of the tall calabash tree to discuss their plans for the festival.

• He crafted a beautiful bowl from the hardened shell of a calabash that he found in the forest.

Synonyms

C

Crescentia cujete

vscalabash

• Specialized

9.9

A tropical evergreen tree that makes large round hard fruits used as containers

is the common plant name rather than a scientific label

C

calabash tree

vscalabash

8.9

A tropical evergreen tree that grows large round fruits used as containers or bowls

focuses on the plant producing hard gourds rather than their use

Compounds

C

calabash pipe

8.8

A smoking pipe with a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd

C

calabash tree

8.9

A tropical evergreen tree that grows large round fruits used as containers or bowls

S

sweet calabash

• UK

9.9

A tropical plant that makes small apple-sized fruits with sweet edible pulp

Surface Forms

Etymology