A vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable or harvested mature, dried and used as a container, like a gourd
A utensil traditionally made of the dried shell of a calabash and used as a bottle, dipper, utensil or pipe, etc
Tree (Crescentia cujete) of the trumpet-creeper family (Bignoniaceae) that grows in Central and South America, the West Indies, and extreme southern Florida. It is often grown as an ornamental. It produces large spherical fruits, the hard shells of which are useful as bowls, cups, and other water containers when hollowed out. The fruit's shell encloses a whitish pulp and thin, dark brown seeds. The tree bears funnel-shaped, light green and purple-streaked flowers and evergreen leaves. Fruits of the unrelated bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) are also known as calabashes
a pipe for smoking; has a curved stem and a large bowl made from a calabash gourd tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds round gourd of the calabash tree
A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd
A South African gourd similar to a squash grown specifically for use in pipes The shape is determined as the gourd grows by placing small blocks under the stem, forcing it into a gentle curve The mature gourd is cut and dried, then fitted with a cork gasket to receive a meerschaum bowl The finished pipe offers one of the coolest, driest smokes available Immortalized by Sherlock Holmes and in Jimmy Durante's signature line - "Good night Mrs Calabash - wherever you are "
A common variety of hard-shelled gourd, also called "bottle gourd" and "white-flowered gourd " This gourd is used in the West Indies to produce a very popular syrup Its shell is often used to create bowls and other utensils
A vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe, like a gourd