HyperDic: crescentia_cujete

English > 1 sense of the expression Crescentia cujete:
NOUNplantCrescentia cujete, calabash, calabash treetropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
English > Crescentia cujete: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds.
Synonymscalabash, calabash tree
Member ofCrescentia, genus CrescentiaA genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae
BroadertreeA tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown
Spanishgüira, jícaro
Catalancarbassera

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