1. Tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
   "They made traditional drinking vessels from dried calabash gourds";
   - calabash tree, Crescentia cujete
    
2. Round gourd of the calabash tree
   "The musician crafted a traditional instrument from a dried calabash"
    
3. Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd
   "The tribal elder drank water from a decorated calabash";
   - gourd
    
4. A pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
   "The detective puffed thoughtfully on his calabash pipe";
   - calabash pipe
    
5. Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
   "They dried calabashes to make water containers";
   - bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria

Derived forms: calabashes

Type of: bottle, gourd, gourd vine, pipe, tobacco pipe, tree

Part of: Crescentia, genus Crescentia, genus Lagenaria, Lagenaria

Encyclopedia: Calabash, North Carolina