English-Thai Dictionary
calabash
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CALABASH
n. 1. A vessel made of a dried gourd-shell or of the shell of a calabash tree, used for containing liquors, or goods, as pitch, rosin and the like.
2. A popular name of the gourd-plant, or Cucurbita.
CALABASH-TREE
n.A tree of two species, known in botany by the generic name Crescentia. The cujete has narrow leaves, but a large round or oval fruit. The latifolia has broad leaves. The shell of the fruit is used for cups, bowls, dishes and other utensils.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CALABASH
Cal "a *bash, n. Etym: [Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calaba, caba (cf. F.Calebasse ), lit. , a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem. , a kind of gourd + aibas dry. ]
1. The common gourd (plant or fruit ).
2. The fruit of the calabash tree.
3. A water dipper, bottle, backet, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. Calabash tree. (Bot. ), a tree of tropical America (Crescentia cujete ), producing a large gourdike 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
calabash
cal a bash |ˈkaləˌbaSH ˈkæləˌbæʃ | ▶noun (also calabash tree ) an evergreen tropical American tree that bears fruit in the form of large woody gourds. [Crescentia cujete, family Bignoniaceae. ] • a gourd from this tree. • a water container, tobacco pipe, or other object made from the dried shell of this or a similar gourd. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French calebasse, from Spanish calabaza, perhaps from Persian ḵarbuz ‘melon. ’
Oxford Dictionary
calabash
calabash |ˈkaləbaʃ | ▶noun (also calabash tree ) an evergreen tropical American tree which bears fruit in the form of large woody gourds. ●Crescentia cujete, family Bignoniaceae. • a gourd from the calabash tree. • a water container, tobacco pipe, or other object made from the dried shell of a calabash or a similar gourd. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French calebasse, from Spanish calabaza, perhaps from Persian ḵarbuz ‘melon ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
calabash
cal a bash /kǽləbæ̀ʃ /名詞 C U 〘植 〙ヒョウタンの実 ; ヒョウタンノキ (calabash tree ) 〘ノウゼンカズラ科の高木 〙; ヒョウタン製品 〘水を入れる容器 パイプなど 〙.
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