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n. a natural family of plants including the cucumber; melon; squash; and pumpkin.
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n. a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
Word Usage
"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."