noun
a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
• Syn: ↑family Cucurbitaceae, ↑gourd family
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cucurbitaceous
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Hyponyms: ↑cucurbit
• Member Holonyms: ↑Campanulales, ↑order Campanulales
• Member Meronyms:
↑gourd, ↑gourd vine, ↑Cucurbita, ↑genus Cucurbita, ↑genus Bryonia, ↑Citrullus, ↑genus Citrullus, ↑Cucumis, ↑genus Cucumis, ↑Ecballium, ↑genus Ecballium, ↑Lagenaria, ↑genus Lagenaria, ↑genus Luffa, ↑Momordica, ↑genus Momordica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.