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sweet calabash

sweet calabash

9.9
A tropical plant that makes small apple-sized fruits with sweet edible pulp
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : calabaza dulce
  • The juice of the sweet calabash is often used to make refreshing drinks in the Caribbean.

Examples

  • We enjoyed the tangy flavor of the sweet calabash during our trip to Jamaica.

  • Many local markets featured piles of freshly harvested sweet calabash fruits.

  • I love eating sweet calabash in the summer.

  • The sweet calabash tree grows well in tropical climates.

  • The juice of the sweet calabash is often used to make refreshing drinks in the Caribbean.

  • Many local markets featured piles of freshly harvested sweet calabash fruits.

  • I love eating sweet calabash in the summer.

Synonyms

Passiflora maliformis
vssweet calabash
  • Specialized
9.9

A climbing plant that makes apple-sized edible fruit

focuses on the sweet edible pulp of the fruit rather than the vine habit

Surface Forms

sweet calabash singular
sweet calabashes plural

Morphology

sweet + calabash

The phrase is a straightforward descriptive noun combining 'sweet' (having a sugary taste) with 'calabash' (a gourd-like plant/fruit), so it denotes a calabash that is sweet. This compositional, referential pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Sweet calabash likely comes from the fruit's shape and taste: the small round fruit looks like a little calabash (a gourd used as a container) and its inside is very sweet. That's why people called the plant a 'sweet calabash'.