zapallo — meaning in English
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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.
- pumpkin noun A large round orange fruit that grows on a vine, often used for cooking or carved for Halloween.
- squash noun A racquet sport played in a walled court with a small rubber ball.
Senses
zapallo is used for these senses in English:
- calabash 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.
- pumpkin The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
- squash (botany, countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
calabash — full definition
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- noun A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.