The fruit of the calabash tree (see main sense) of America, the shell of which is used for household utensils, water-bottles, kettles, musical…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > calabash plant (6) calabash1596 The fruit of the calabash tree (see main sense) of America, the shell of which is used for household utensils, water-bottles, kettles, musical… calabash-tree1737 a tree (Crescentia Cujete) native to tropical America and the West Indies, bearing the large oval or globular fruit called calabash (sense 2); also… calabash gourd1824 the bottle-gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) = sense 1. hue1843 A local name for the bottle gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris. gourd tree1854 the calabash-tree (see calabash, n.). jicara1859 A Central American name for the calabash-tree n. at calabash, n. compounds or its fruit (calabash, n. 2). |
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