Calabash /(kăl"ȧ*băsh)/

Cal·a·bash

Calabash

n.
  1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
  2. The fruit of the calabash tree.
  3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.

Phrases & Compounds
Calabash tree
a tree of tropical America (Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdlike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The African calabash tree is the baobab.