Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cucurbitaceous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cucurbitaceous \Cu*cur`bi*ta"ceous\ (-b[i^]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a.
[Cf. F. cucurbitac['e].] (Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which
the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cucurbitaceous
adj : of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae


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