Meaning & use
calabash
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A large gourd with a hard shell, often dried and hollowed out for use as a container, bowl, or musical instrument.
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The farmer used a hollowed-out calabash as a water dipper.
Musicians in the region fashioned drums and rattles from dried calabashes.
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The calabash plant is unrelated to the pumpkin family botanically but has long been cultivated worldwide for its versatile, bottle-shaped fruit.
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