Synonyms for calabash

Most common

gourd · bottle gourd · pul qua · opo

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 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.

Related words

Phrases

calabash tree

Other spellings

calibash

Forms

Plural

calabashes → gourds, opos, dudhis…

Example sentences

• gourd How exactly do they hollow out and then dry the gourd?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

opo

5 letters

gourd¹, dudhi

In other languages

Français

calebasse