Cucurbitaceous

//kjuːkɜːbɪˈteɪʃəs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc.

    "On he goes, gabbing, gabbing, recipes for preparing beets in a hundred tasty ways, or such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Ernest Pudding’s Gourd Surprise"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae wordnet

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"On he goes, gabbing, gabbing, recipes for preparing beets in a hundred tasty ways, or such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Ernest Pudding’s Gourd Surprise"

Etymology

From Latin cucurbita (“gourd”), + -aceous.

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