Calabash

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calabash \Cal"a*bash\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*b[a^]sh), n. [Sp. calabaza,
     or Pg. calaba[,c]a, caba[,c]a (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry
     gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.]
     1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
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     2. The fruit of the calabash tree.
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     3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made
        from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
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     {Calabash tree}. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America
        ({Crescentia cujete}), producing a large gourdlike fruit,
        containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the
        removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The
        {African calabash tree} is the baobab.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calabash
       n 1: round gourd of the calabash tree
       2: tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
          [syn: {calabash tree}, {Crescentia cujete}]
       3: Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped
          gourds as fruits [syn: {bottle gourd}, {Lagenaria
          siceraria}]
       4: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn: {gourd}]
       5: a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made
          from a calabash gourd [syn: {calabash pipe}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Calabash, NC (town, FIPS 9540)
    Location: 33.89854 N, 78.57700 W
    Population (1990): 1210 (786 housing units)
    Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 28467

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Calabash, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
     Population (2000):    711
     Housing Units (2000): 508
     Land area (2000):     1.417715 sq. miles (3.671864 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.096456 sq. miles (0.249820 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.514171 sq. miles (3.921684 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            09540
     Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
     Location:             33.892619 N, 78.566547 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     28467
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Calabash, NC
      Calabash