1) Bottle gourd 2) Burmese cuisine 3) Fruit vegetable 4) Gourd 5) Large gourd used for pipes 6) Melon
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1) Bottle gourd 2) Gourd
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The bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria (synonym Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.), also known as 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. The fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh. Rounder va...
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[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 dances. Warner Dietz, Betty and Olatunji, Michael ...
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• (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.
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(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 known as the Bottle Gourd. Other popular names incl...
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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.
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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.
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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. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
2. ...
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Bottle shape > Ovoid body tapering into cylindrical neck with collared tip.
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dried hollow shell of a gourd, used as a rattle.
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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.
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Calabash is American slang for the head.
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[
n] - round gourd of the calabash tree 2. [n] - tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds 3. [n] - a pipe for smoking
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noun a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
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calabash tree noun tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
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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 gourds. (
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