a container made from the hard outside layer of a fruit or vegetable; the fruit or vegetable from which a calabash is made 葫芦瓢；葫芦果制的容器；葫芦果 - (also calabash tree)
a tropical tree that produces a large round fruit with very hard skin, also called calabash 葫芦瓢树；蒲瓜树
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French calebasse, from Spanish calabaza, perhaps from Persian k̲arbuz ‘melon’.