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calaba

 

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Noun calaba has 1 sense
  1. calaba, Santa Maria tree, Calophyllum calaba - West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice
    --1 is a kind of tree
    --1 is a member of Calophyllum, genus Calophyllum

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Calaba

Noun

A large, tropical, edible gourd of the Cucurbitaceae family, often used in cooking or for making utensils.

Example sentence: I bought a calaba from the market to make soup.

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Adjective

Relating to or characteristic of Calabar, a city in southeastern Nigeria.

Example sentence: We enjoyed the calaba culture during our visit to Nigeria.

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Verb

(dialectal) To embarrass or humiliate someone.

Example sentence: He tried to calaba his opponent during the debate.

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