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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 |