English > Cucurbitaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin). |
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| Synonyms | family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family |
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| Member of | Campanulales, order Campanulales | An order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including |
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| Members | Citrullus, genus Citrullus | A dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons |
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| Cucumis, genus Cucumis | cucumbers |
| Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita | type genus of the Cucurbitaceae |
| Ecballium, genus Ecballium | exploding cucumber |
| Lagenaria, genus Lagenaria | bottle gourds |
| Momordica, genus Momordica | Old World tropical vine |
| genus Bryonia | Climbing perennial herbs |
| genus Luffa | dishcloth gourds |
| gourd, gourd vine | Any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds |
| Narrower | cucurbit | Any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae |
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| Broader | dicot family, magnoliopsid family | family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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| Spanish | cucurbitáceas |
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| Catalan | Cucurbitaceae, cucurbitàcia |
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| Adjectives | cucurbitaceous | of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae |
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