| 单词 | calabash-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascalabash-tree calabash-tree n. a tree ( Crescentia Cujete) native to tropical America and the West Indies, bearing the large oval or globular fruit called calabash (sense 2); also a name of the baobab tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > calabash plant calabash1596 calabash-tree1737 calabash gourd1824 hue1843 gourd tree1854 jicara1859 1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) The Calabash-Tree..grows to a considerable Height in the warmer Parts of America, where it produces a very large Fruit. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xx. 115 The gourd or callebasse tree procures them cups. 1816 P. Keith Syst. Physiol. Bot. I. 50. < as lemmas |
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