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casaba definition

ca·saba (kə sä′bə)

noun

a type of winter melon with a hard, yellow rind and sweet, usually white flesh

Etymology: after Kasaba, former name of Turgutlu, Turkey, whence the melon came

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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