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单词 calabash
释义 cal·a·bash
I. \ˈkaləˌbash, -ˌaa(ə)-, -ˌai-\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French & Spanish; French calebasse gourd, from Spanish calabaza, perhaps from Arabic qar'ah yābisah dry gourd, from qar'ah gourd + yābisah dry
1. : gourd; especially : the common bottle gourd
2.
 a. or calabash tree : a tropical American tree (Crescentia cujete)
 b. : the hard globose fruit of the calabash
3.
 a. : a utensil (as a dipper, bottle, kettle) made from the shell of a calabash
 b. : a noise-making device made from the calabash gourd
4. : baobab
5. : medal bronze
6. : a usually curved-stemmed tobacco pipe made from the calabash gourd
II. adjective
Etymology: perhaps so called from the fact that close friends ate from the same calabash
Hawaii : related by ties of affection rather than blood
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