calabash pipe

calabash pipe
noun
a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd
Syn: ↑calabash
Hypernyms: ↑pipe, ↑tobacco pipe

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  • calabash — ► NOUN ▪ a water container, tobacco pipe, or other object made from the dried shell of a gourd. ORIGIN Spanish calabaza, perhaps from a Persian word meaning melon …   English terms dictionary

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  • calabash — /ˈkæləbæʃ / (say kaluhbash) noun 1. any of various gourds, especially the fruit of the plant known as the bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria. 2. any of the plants bearing them. 3. a. the fruit of a bignoniaceous tree, Crescentia cujete, of… …  

  • calabash — /kal euh bash /, n. 1. any of various gourds, esp. the bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria. 2. a tropical American tree, Crescentia cujete, of the bignonia family, bearing large, gourdlike fruit. 3. any of several other plants having gourdlike… …   Universalium

  • calabash — [ kaləbaʃ] noun 1》 (also calabash tree) an evergreen tropical American tree which bears fruit in the form of large woody gourds. [Crescentia cujete.] 2》 a water container, tobacco pipe, or other object made from the dried shell of a gourd. Origin …   English new terms dictionary

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