Definition of "cucurbitaceae" []

• A natural family of plants including the cucumber; melon; squash; and pumpkin. (noun)

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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."
• "Other seeds used commonly in moles and pipians are those of the pumpkin or squash (cucurbitaceae.)"
• "The plant to which I at present refer is one of the cucurbitaceae, which bears a small, scarlet-colored, eatable cucumber."