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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

CALABAR

CALABAR Cal "a *bar, n.

 

Defn: A district on the west coast of Africa. Calabar bean, The of a climbing legumious plant (Physostigma venenosum ), a native of tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and rheumatic diseases; -- called also ordeal bean, being used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.

 

CALABARINE

CALABARINE Cal "a *bar *ine, n. (Chem. )

 

Defn: An alkaloid resembing physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.

 

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

Calabar

Cal a bar |ˈkaləˌbär, ˌkaləˈbär ˌkæləˈbɑr | a seaport in southeastern Nigeria; pop. 429,700 (est. 2005 ).

 

Calabar bean

Cal a bar bean ▶noun the poisonous seed of a tropical West African climbing plant, containing physostigmine and formerly used for tribal ordeals. [The plant is Physostigma venosum, family Leguminosae. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Calabar .

 

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. ’

 

calabaza

ca la ba za |ˌkaləˈbäzə ˌkɑləˈbɑzə | ▶noun another term for calabash.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Calabar

Calabar |ˈkaləbɑː | a seaport in Nigeria; pop. 429,700 (est. 2005 ).

 

Calabar bean

Cala |bar bean |ˈkaləbɑː | ▶noun the poisonous seed of a tropical West African climbing plant, containing physostigmine and formerly used for tribal ordeals. ●The plant is Physostigma venosum, family Leguminosae.

 

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 ’.

 

calabaza

calabaza |ˌkaləˈbɑːzə | ▶noun West Indian and US term for calabash.

 

Spanish Dictionary

calaba

calaba nombre masculino Calambuco . VÉASE bálsamo de calaba .

 

calabacear

calabacear verbo transitivo 1 Negar a alguien algo que pretende, especialmente rechazar una petición amorosa .SINÓNIMO dar calabazas .2 verbo transitivo Esp coloquial Suspender en un examen .SINÓNIMO dar calabazas .

 

calabacera

calabacera nombre femenino Planta de tallos rastreros y muy largos, cubiertos de pelo áspero, hojas anchas y lobuladas, flores amarillas y fruto (calabaza ) comestible, grande y carnoso .SINÓNIMO ayotera, calabaza .

 

calabacín

calabacín nombre masculino Variedad de calabaza, de pequeño tamaño, forma cilíndrica, parecida a la del pepino, y carne blanca cubierta por una corteza verde .

 

calabacita

calabacita nombre femenino Méx Calabacín .

 

calabaza

calabaza nombre femenino 1 Fruto de la calabacera, comestible, de gran tamaño y forma redonda, de color amarillo o naranja, con muchas semillas en su interior .SINÓNIMO ayotera .2 Calabacera .SINÓNIMO ayotera .3 Seta grande con sombrerillo semiesférico de color pardo y el resto amarillo .4 coloquial Cabeza de una persona .SINÓNIMO chola, cocorota, crisma .5 Esp coloquial Suspenso en una asignatura .dar calabazas i Negar a alguien algo que pretende, especialmente rechazar una petición amorosa .SINÓNIMO calabacear .ii Esp Suspender en un examen .SINÓNIMO calabacear .

 

calabazada

calabazada nombre femenino coloquial Golpe fuerte que se da con la cabeza o se recibe en ella .SINÓNIMO cabezada, cabezazo .

 

calabazar

calabazar nombre masculino Terreno sembrado de calabazas .

 

calabazate

calabazate nombre masculino Dulce hecho con trozos de calabaza hervidos con azúcar .

 

calabazazo

calabazazo nombre masculino 1 Golpe dado con una calabaza .2 coloquial Golpe dado con la cabeza o recibido en ella .

 

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 〙.