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Calabash

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
2.NounThe bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.
3.NounA container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
4.NounA calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
5.NounA musical instrument, most commonly a drum or rattle, made from a calabash fruit.
6.NounThe head.
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