English > family Cucurbitaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin). |
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Synonyms | 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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