calabaza

[ kal-uh-bah-zuh, kah-luh-; Spanish kah-lah-bah-sah ]

noun

, plural ca·la·ba·zas [kal-, uh, -, bah, -z, uh, z, kah-l, uh, -, kah-lah-, bah, -sahs].

1. a calabash.

Word History and Origins

Origin of calabaza¹

First recorded in 1780–90; from Spanish: “gourd, pumpkin”

Example Sentences

The 11 ingredients in the book — beans, calabaza, cassava, chayote, coconut, cornmeal, okra, plantains, rice, salted cod and scotch bonnet peppers — are all inherently Caribbean ingredients.

From Salon

Some, like beans, calabaza, cassava, cornmeal and scotch bonnet peppers, are indigenous to the islands and were being processed and consumed by the people living there when the colonizers arrived.

From Salon

He didn’t have any, but he sent her home with bundles of papalo, a pungent plant that settles the stomach; hierba buena, a minty healing herb; and flor de calabaza, the flower that blooms from zucchini.

From Los Angeles Times

Garcia’s husband, Juan Espinoza Trujano recounted the recipe from his hometown pueblo that he planned to make: quesadillas with epazote, flor de calabaza, onion and chile.

From Los Angeles Times

Rosa Chavez has lived half a block away from the school for 35 years, and was cooking calabaza con pollo on Tuesday when gunfire began to resound.

From Washington Post