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.

plural of calabash

A tree from tropical Africa, Monodora myristica. / The seed of that tree, used as a spice.

plural of calabash nutmeg

Lagenaria siceraria, of African origin, long widely cultivated for its fruit, used as containers.

Crescentia cujete. / Other species of genus Crescentia.

plural of calabash tree