cucurbitaceousadj.
/kjuːˌkəːbɪˈteɪʃəs/ Botany.
Belonging to the family Cucurbitaceæ, comprising trailing or climbing plants with fleshy fruits, as the Gourd, Cucumber, Melon, etc.
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convolvulaceous1847
cucurbitaceous1853
cucurbital1866
1853 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxvi. 114 This air, at once hot and humid..nourishes those vegetable reservoirs, the cucurbitaceous plants.
1880 C. Darwin & F. Darwin Power of Movement in Plants 104 One Cucurbitaceous genus.
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