Cucurbitaceae
Noun 1. a family of herbaceous vines (such cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) (synonym) family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family (hypernym) dicot family, magnoliopsid family (hyponym) cucurbit (member-holonym) Campanulales, order Campanulales (member-meronym) gourd, gourd vine (classification) squash, squash racquets, squash rackets | ||||
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Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceae is a plant family commonly known as gourds or cucurbits and includes crops like cucumbers, squashes (including pumpkins), luffas, melons and watermelons. The family is predominately distributed around the tropics, where those with edible fruits were amongst the earliest cultivated plants in both the Old and New Worlds.
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