Cucurbit

[kju'kә:bit]

Definition

(noun.) any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae.

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Definition

(n.) Alt. of Cucurbite

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Definition

n. a chemical vessel used in distillation originally shaped like a gourd.—adjs. Cucur′bital Cucurbitā′ceous pertaining to the Cucurbitace mostly herbaceous climbers as the gourd melon &c.; Cucur′bitive like a gourd-seed.

Typist: Weldon