Calabash \Cal"a*bash\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*b[a^]sh), n. [Sp. calabaza,
   or Pg. calaba[,c]a, caba[,c]a (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry
   gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.]
   1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
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   2. The fruit of the calabash tree.
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   3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made
      from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
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   Calabash tree. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America
      (Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdlike fruit,
      containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the
      removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The
      African calabash tree is the baobab.
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	calabash
     n 1: round gourd of the calabash tree
     2: tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
        [syn: calabash tree, Crescentia cujete]
     3: Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped
        gourds as fruits [syn: bottle gourd, Lagenaria
        siceraria]
     4: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn: gourd]
     5: a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made
        from a calabash gourd [syn: calabash pipe]

	

	Calabash, NC (town, FIPS 9540)
  Location: 33.89854 N, 78.57700 W
  Population (1990): 1210 (786 housing units)
  Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 28467

	

	Calabash, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
   Population (2000):    711
   Housing Units (2000): 508
   Land area (2000):     1.417715 sq. miles (3.671864 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.096456 sq. miles (0.249820 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.514171 sq. miles (3.921684 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            09540
   Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
   Location:             33.892619 N, 78.566547 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     28467
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Calabash, NC
    Calabash