Flaschenkürbis — 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.
• marrow noun The soft, fatty tissue inside bones that produces blood cells.

Senses

Flaschenkürbis is used for these senses in English:

• gourd A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
• marrow A kind of vegetable similar to a large courgette, zucchini or squash.

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 A climbing plant thought to come from Africa, grown for its fruit, which is eaten as a vegetable or made into containers; also the fruit itself.
3. noun A container made from the dried outer shell of this fruit, or something shaped like it made from another material.
4. noun Such a container together with whatever is inside it; the amount it holds.

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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