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cucurbita maxima turbaniformis |
cucurbita mixta |
cucurbita moschata |
cucurbita pepo |
cucurbita pepo melopepo |
cucurbitaceae
| cucurbitaceous
| cucurbite
| cucurbitive
| cud
| cudbear
cucurbitaceae
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cucurbitaceae has 1 sense
- cucurbitaceae(n = noun.plant) family cucurbitaceae, gourd family - a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin); Array is a kind of dicot family, magnoliopsid family
is a member of campanulales, order campanulales
has particulars: cucurbit
Derived form adjective cucurbitaceous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
cucurbitaceae, n.
a natural family of plants including the cucumber; melon; squash; and pumpkin. [WordNet 1.5]
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