SWEET CALABASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet calabash mean? 

• SWEET CALABASH (noun)
  The noun SWEET CALABASH has 2 senses:

1. West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit

2. apple-sized passion fruit of the West Indies

  Familiarity information: SWEET CALABASH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEET CALABASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Passiflora maliformis; sweet calabash

Hypernyms ("sweet calabash" is a kind of...):

passionflower; passionflower vine (any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "sweet calabash"):

sweet calabash (apple-sized passion fruit of the West Indies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Apple-sized passion fruit of the West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sweet calabash" is a kind of...):

passion fruit (egg-shaped tropical fruit of certain passionflower vines; used for sherbets and confectionery and drinks)

Holonyms ("sweet calabash" is a part of...):

Passiflora maliformis; sweet calabash (West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit)