Definition of "calabash" in English

noun

1. 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. 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.

3. 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.

4. A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.

5. (music) A musical instrument, most commonly a drum or rattle, made from a calabash fruit.