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Calabash

🔄 Synonyms of "Calabash"

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Word	Definition
gourdnoun	Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
lagenaria sicerarianoun	old world climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
bottle gourdnoun	Calabash (Crescentia cujete or Lagenaria siceraria)
calabash treenoun	Any of species Crescentia cujete.
crescentia cujete	Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the calabash tree, is a species of flowering plant native to the Americas, that is grown in Africa, South-East Asia, Central America, South America, the West Indies and extreme southern Florida.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Calabash"

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Word	Definition
bottle gourdnoun	Calabash (Crescentia cujete or Lagenaria siceraria)
gourdnoun	Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
calabash treenoun	Any of species Crescentia cujete.
crescentia cujete	Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the calabash tree, is a species of flowering plant native to the Americas, that is grown in Africa, South-East Asia, Central America, South America, the West Indies and extreme southern Florida.
lagenaria sicerarianoun	old world climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
melonnoun	(countable) The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants
calibashnoun	Alternative form of calabash. [A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) 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.]
calabash vinenoun	Lagenaria siceraria, of African origin, long widely cultivated for its fruit, used as containers.
calabash nutmegnoun	The seed of that tree, used as a spice.
calabur treenoun	A tree (Muntingia calabura) native to the New World tropics, now widely cultivated, with ornamental, economic, and environmental uses.
higueronoun	A calabash tree.
pul quanoun	The calabash or bottle gourd.
strawberry treenoun	A cane apple, an evergreen shrub or small tree (Arbutus unedo), in family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe north to western France and Ireland, which bears fruits which resemble strawberries.
star fruitnoun	The fruit of the carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola.
calamondinnoun	The fruit of this tree.
squashnoun	(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
water caltropnoun	An East Asian water plant, of species Trapa bicornis, with a horn-like nut.
mangabanoun	The round, edible fruit of the tree Hancornia speciosa, native to parts of South America.
calamusnoun	The sweet flag, Acorus calamus.
caskfruitnoun	A woody climbing plant of northern South America, Doliocarpus, which produces red berries.