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gourd family
noun
a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
Syn: ↑Cucurbitaceae, ↑family Cucurbitaceae
Derivationally related forms: ↑cucurbitaceous (for: ↑Cucurbitaceae)
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

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noun
: cucurbitaceae

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the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.

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gourd family,
a group of dicotyledonous, climbing herbs with hairy or prickly, branched tendrils and fruits which usually have rinds and spongy, seedy interiors. The family includes the cucumber, squash, melon, pumpkin, and bryony.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.