Definition for CAL'A-BASH

CAL'A-BASH, n. [Sp. calabaza, a pumpkin, a gourd, a calabash; Port. calabaça. Qu. Gr. καλπη, a water-pot or pitcher.]

  1. A vessel made of a dried gourd-shell, or of the shell of a calabash-tree, used for containing liquors or goods, as pitch, resin and the like. – Encyc.
  2. A popular name of the gourd plant, or Cucurbita. – Fam. of Plants.

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