English▸ 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 century: from French calebasse, from Spanish calabaza, perhaps from Persian ḵarbuz ‘melon’.