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cucurbitaceous, a. Bot.|kjuːˌkɜːbɪˈteɪʃəs| [f. mod.L. Cucurbitaceæ, f. cucurbita: see -aceous.] Belonging to the family Cucurbitaceæ, comprising trailing or climbing plants with fleshy fruits, as the Gourd, Cucumber, Melon, etc.
1853Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxvi. 114 This air, at once hot and humid..nourishes those vegetable reservoirs, the cucurbitaceous plants. 1880C. & F. Darwin Movem. Pl. 104 One Cucurbitaceous genus. |