Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a natural family of plants including the cucumber; melon; squash; and pumpkin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
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Examples
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Leaving aside the invidious choices to be made between hesperidia, cucurbitaceae, and drupes — I am a drupe man — and, thence, between apricots, nectarines, mangoes, plums, and peaches, I find there is simply no adequate counter-argument.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Leaving aside the invidious choices to be made between hesperidia, cucurbitaceae, and drupes — I am a drupe man — and, thence, between apricots, nectarines, mangoes, plums, and peaches, I find there is simply no adequate counter-argument.
The Peach 2009
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Other seeds used commonly in moles and pipians are those of the pumpkin or squash (cucurbitaceae.)
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Other seeds used commonly in moles and pipians are those of the pumpkin or squash (cucurbitaceae.)
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Other seeds used commonly in moles and pipians are those of the pumpkin or squash (cucurbitaceae.)
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The plant to which I at present refer is one of the cucurbitaceae, which bears a small, scarlet-colored, eatable cucumber.
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The word cucumis used in the original of this passage embraces many of the cucurbitaceae, but the context shows that here means the cucumber.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 01 (historical) 1874
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In our climates only the cucurbitaceae produce in the space of a few months fruits of an extraordinary size; but these fruits are pulpy and succulent.
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The word cucumis used in the original of this passage embraces many of the cucurbitaceae, but the context shows that here means the cucumber.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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In our climates only the cucurbitaceae produce in the space of a few months fruits of an extraordinary size; but these fruits are pulpy and succulent.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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