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Calabash

Calabash (/ˈkæləbæʃ/; Lagenaria siceraria), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, New Guinea butter bean, Tasmania bean, zucca melon and opo squash, is a vine which is grown for its fruit. It belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae, is native to tropical Africa, and cultivated across the tropics. It…

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Calabash

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Edges199
Triples160
Avg. degree1.99
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Calabash

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related to Africa · 28
Calabash → African, AmaZulu, Bapedi, Calabashes, Erbore, Ethiopia, FIFA World Cup, Fulani, Gamba, Gur-speaking, Hausa, Hollowed-out, In, In Nigeria, In South Africa, Senegambia, Serer, Sierra Leonean, Smaller, Sometimes
related to history · 25
Calabash → Africa, American, Americas, Asia, Asian, BP, Carolingian, China, Columbus, Dynasty, Europe, Gourds, Hortulus, In Europe, Japan, Polynesian, Reichenau, Stands, The, Thebes
related to India · 17
Calabash → Africa, Baul, Bengal, Buddhist, Gopichand, In, India, Instruments, Jain, Madagascar, Maharashtra, Miraj, Other, Saraswati, The, These, They
related to Philippines · 15
Calabash → Abra, Arts, Bayan, Culture, Gawad, He, Ilocano, In, Luzon, Manlilikha, National Commission, National Living Treasures Award, Philippines, Teófilo García, Traditional Craftsmanship
related to Etymology · 12
Calabash → Catalan, Galician, Iberian, It, Middle French, Occitan, Portuguese, Roman, Sicilian, Spanish, The English, The Spanish
related to External links · 12
Calabash → America, Archived, December, How Bottle Gourds, Lagenaria, MelbourneCalabashes, Native AmericansMultilingual, Nigerian, Photo Guide, University, Wayback Machine, West African
related to China · 11
Calabash → Chinese, Dried, Eight Immortals, Hulu, Li Tieguai, Li Tieguai's, Mandarin Chinese, Molded, Shouxing, Some, The
related to South America · 11
Calabash → Brazil, Chile, In, In Argentina, In Peru, Mate, Paraguay, Peru, Quichua, Spanish, Uruguay
related to North America · 8
Calabash → African Americans, Big Dipper, Calabash's, Drinking Gourd, Follow, On, They, Underground Railroad
related to Tobacco smoking pipe · 8
Calabash → According, American, Holmes, It, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, South Africa, The

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lagenaria gourd used also bottle gourds called ser siceraria made dried africa one grown fruit var like may cucurbita cultivated

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in a potinstance ofIt can be cultivated in small places0.80text
and allowed to spread on a trellis or roofinstance ofIt can be cultivated in small places0.80text
Calabashrelated to AfricaHollowed-out0.60section
Calabashrelated to AfricaWest Africa0.60section
Calabashrelated to AfricaThey0.60section
Calabashrelated to AfricaSmaller0.60section
Calabashrelated to AfricaCalabashes0.60section
Calabashrelated to AfricaWest African0.60section
Calabashrelated to AfricaYoruba0.60section
Calabashrelated to AfricaGamba0.60section
Calabashrelated to AfricaSerer0.60section
Calabashrelated to AfricaSenegambia0.60section

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