kalebas — meaning in English

English meaning

• calabash noun 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.
• gourd noun A hard-shelled fruit from a climbing or trailing vine in the pumpkin and squash family.
• squash noun A racquet sport played in a walled court with a small rubber ball.

Senses

kalebas is used for these senses in English:

• gourd (obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
• squash (botany, countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

calabash — full definition

1. noun 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.
2. noun The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.
3. noun A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
4. noun A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.

gourd — full definition

1. noun A hard-shelled fruit from a climbing or trailing vine in the pumpkin and squash family.
2. noun The dried, hollowed shell of such a fruit, used as a bowl, container, or drinking vessel.

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