noun.
The common gourd (plant or fruit).
noun.
The fruit of the calabash tree.
noun.
A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
noun.
a tree of tropical America (Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdlike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The African calabash tree is the baobab.