Citations:calabash


 * 1) A tree (known as the calabash tree; ) 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) The 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) A 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.