is sometimes confusion when discussing "calabash" because the name is shared with the unrelated calabash tree (Crescentia cujete), whose hard, hollow fruits are also used to make utensils, containers, and musical instruments.

Etymology

The English word calabash is loaned from , which in turn derived from meaning gourd or pumpkin. The Spanish word is of pre-Roman origin. It comes from the , from -cal which means house or shell. It is a doublet of carapace

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