casaba
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of casaba
1885–90, named after Kassaba (now Turgutlu), town near Izmir, Turkey, which exported it
Example Sentences
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Alfred Hitchcock used 78 shots, 52 edits and a casaba melon to piece together the seminal shower scene in his 1960 thriller, “Psycho.”
From New York Times
One day, after touring fields for a few hours, Miles went to a farmer’s home to find that a family had cooked her casaba roots.
From Washington Times
“I have a weakness for casaba melons. I’ve always had a weakness for casaba melons.”
From Literature
A prop man sounded the scene by knifing casaba melons.
From Seattle Times
Women from Kenya to Liberia now plant and tend the key food crops like corn, sorghum, millet, sweet potatoes, casaba and peas.
From Reuters
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