calabash tree (kalabashtre)

1. A name given to the Crescent i a Cujete, a bignoniaceous tree of tropical America, on account of its large gourd-like fruits, the hard shells of which are made into numerous domestic utensils, as basins, cups, spoons, bottles, etc. The black cucurbit in a. 2. A name given to the baobab of Africa, A dans on i a digit at a. See baobab. calabazilla (kal"a-bä-selyä), n. [Mex. Sp. (= Sp. calabacilla, a piece of wood in the shape of a gourd, a gourd-shaped ear-ring), dim. of calabaza, a gourd: see calabash.] In southorn California, the Cucurbit a perennis, a native species of squash, with an exceedingly large root. The pulp of the green fruit is used as a substitute for soap, and the macerated root as a medicinal remedy. calabash-tree of the West Indies is Crescent i a