Cucurbit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various mostly climbing or trailing plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes the squash, pumpkin, cucumber, gourd, watermelon, and cantaloupe.
  • n. A gourd-shaped flask forming the body of an alembic, formerly used in distillation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any member of the Cucurbita genus of gourds.
  • n. A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See alembic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A chemical vessel originally shaped like a gourd, but sometimes shallow, with a wide mouth, used in distillation.
  • n. A gourd-shaped vessel for holding liquids.
  • n. A cupping-glass.
  • n. A plant of the natural order Cucurbitaceæ.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
    • Equivalent
    cucurbite   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gourd family    family cucurbitaceae    cucurbitaceae   
     
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