[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

calabash \cal"abash\ ka^l".aba^sh, n. sp. calabaza,
   or pg. calaba,ca, caba,ca cf. f. calebasse, lit., a dry
   gourd, fr. ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.
   1. the common gourd plant or fruit.
      1913 webster

   2. the fruit of the calabash tree.
      1913 webster

   3. a water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made
      from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
calabash tree crescentia cujete african calabash tree 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
calabash tree crescentia cujete bottle gourd lagenaria siceraria gourd calabash pipe 

[3] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

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 codes: 28467

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

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