| 释义 |
cu·cur·bi·ta
\-bəd.ə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, gourd — more at gourd
: the type genus of Cucurbitaceae comprising tropical herbaceous vines that have a bell-shaped gamopetalous corolla five-lobed to the middle or a little lower, coherent stamens, and a many-seeded fleshy fruit with a hard rind, that include the squashes, pumpkins, vegetable marrows, and certain gourds, and that are now nearly cosmopolitan in cultivation |