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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 963 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALABASH (from the Span. calabaza, a
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gourd or
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pumpkin, possibly derived from the Pers. kharlunza, a
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melon)  , the
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shell of a
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gourd or
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pumpkin made into a
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vessel for holding liquids; also a vessel of similar shape made of other materials . It is the name of a
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tree (Crescentia Cujete) of tropical
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America, whose gourd-like
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fruit is so hard that vessels made of it can be used over a
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fire many times before being burned .

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