Look up: Calabash


  1. Calabash
    Calabash is American slang for the head.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZC.HTM

  2. Calabash
    (Lagenaria) This Gourd, as all other Gourds, belong to the Cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae. Unlike their edible relatives such as Melons, Squashes, Cucumbers and Pumpkins, Gourds are mainly grown for ornament. All are tendril-bearing vines that will sprawl if not supported. L. siceraria is commonly k...
    Found op http://www.botany.com/lagenaria.html

  3. calabash
    [n] - round gourd of the calabash tree 2. [n] - tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds 3. [n] - a pipe for smoking
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=calabash

  4. Calabash
    Bottle shape > Ovoid body tapering into cylindrical neck with collared tip.
    Found op http://www.glamorganantiques.co.uk/glossaryglass.htm

  5. Calabash
    Cal'a·bash (kăl'ȧ*băsh) noun [ Spanish calabaza , or Portuguese calabaça , cabaça (cf. French Calebasse ), lit., a dry gourd, from Arabic qar' , fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.] 1.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/6

  6. calabash
    calabash tree noun tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=calabash

  7. calabash
    noun a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=calabash

  8. Calabash
    • (n.) The fruit of the calabash tree. • (n.) The common gourd (plant or fruit). • (n.) A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/calabash/



  1. Calabash
    A calabash is a vessel made of a dried gourd-shell or of a calabash shell, used in some parts of America and Africa. They are so close-grained and hard that when they contain any liquid they may be put several times on the fire as kettles.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AC.HTM

  2. Calabash
    Lagenaria siceraria (synonym Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.), bottle gourd, opo squash or long melon is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable, or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe. For this reason, the calabash is widely known...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash

  3. Calabash
    Calabash is American slang for the head.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZC.HTM

  4. Calabash
    A common variety of hard-shelled gourd, also called 'bottle gourd' and 'white-flowered gourd.' This gourd is used in the West Indies to produce a very popular syrup. Its shell is often used to create bowls and other utensils.
    Found op http://www.nutribase.com/fruits.shtml

  5. calabash
    Tropical South American evergreen tree with gourds (fruits) 50 cm/20 in across, whose dried skins are used as water containers. The Old World tropical-vine bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria, of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae) is sometimes also called a calabash, and it produces equally large ...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0010746.html

  6. Calabash
    dried hollow shell of a gourd, used as a rattle.
    Found op http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/info/glossary.htm

  7. Calabash
    A common variety of hard-shelled gourd, also called "bottle gourd" and "white-flowered gourd." This gourd is used in the West Indies to produce a very popular syrup. Its shell is often used to create bowls and other utensils.
    Found op http://www.nutribase.com/fruits.shtml

  8. Calabash
    [percussion] In African music, the calabash is a percussion instrument, of the family of idiophones, consisting of a dried half calabash, of large size, that is struck with the palms, fingers, wrist or objects to produce a variety of percussive sounds. This instrument is used in traditional ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash_(percussion)

  9. calabash
    1) Durante's mrs. 2) Gourd 3) Large gourd used for pipes 4) Melon 5) Name from 50's tv 6) North carolina town for which a noted mrs. is reputedly named
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/calabash/1

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