Sweet Calabash (Noun)
Meaning 1
West Indian passionflower with edible apple-sized fruit.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The sweet calabash plant, also known as the West Indian passionflower, has beautiful flowers that bloom in shades of purple and blue.
- Sweet calabash fruit tastes like a combination of a banana and a pineapple when it's ripe.
- She climbed the trellis to pick the sweet calabash fruit hanging from the vine.
- Locals consider sweet calabash a delicacy, eating it raw or using it in desserts and smoothies.
- Growing a sweet calabash vine in the backyard was her grandmother's way of passing down family traditions.
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Meaning 2
Apple-sized passion fruit of the West Indies.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.