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Yield is so high that brinjal, tomato, green chilly, sesame, kawrola (bitter kitchen vegetable), jhingay (a cucurbitaceous vegetable) and such other vegetables are grown on a commercial basis in large tracts of land.

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Pertaining to or having the characters of the Cucurbitaceæ.

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Yield is so high that brinjal, tomato, green chilly, sesame, kawrola (bitter kitchen vegetable), jhingay (a cucurbitaceous vegetable) and such other vegetables are grown on a commercial basis in large tracts of land. — Kafila
The omnipresent enemies of all the cucurbitaceous crops are the little cucumber beetle and the large black "stink bug." — Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
It is useless to plant melons and other cucurbitaceous plants until settled weather has arrived. — Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
A cucurbitaceous fruit, one of the Luffas (called by Von Martius — The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
'Kimpaca' is a species of cucurbitaceous plant. — The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7

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