CALABASHES

10 letters 17 Scrabble points

Definition of CALABASHES

noun
  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.

  2. The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.

    Synonyms: dudhi lauki
  3. A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.

Related words: dudhi lauki

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters C A L A B A S H E S
Length 10 letters
Scrabble Score 17 points