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Definition of Cucurbit
1. Noun. Any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae.
Definition of Cucurbit
1. n. A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic.
Definition of Cucurbit
1. Noun. Any member of the ''Cucurbita'' genus of gourds. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cucurbit
1. a gourd [n -S] - See also: gourd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cucurbit
Literary usage of Cucurbit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested ...by John] [Barrow by John] [Barrow (1735)
"... like little long icicles, which •will have the true colour of oriental Emeralds;
pour all the remaining waters into the cucurbit, and dry tia vitriol ..."
2. An Introduction to Bacterial Diseases of Plants by Erwin Frink Smith (1920)
"PART III SYNOPSIS OF SELECTED DISEASES I. THE cucurbit WILT Type.—This is a
wide-spread, typically vascular, wound- infection, wilt disease (Figs. ..."
3. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"J. Pharm. chim , 1885, 11, 547- 1 The descriptions of cucurbit fruits are by KATE
BARBER WINTON. ..."
4. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"[L. cucullus, a hood.} (Bot.} Hooded, rolled inwards, so as to conceal anything
within ; eg flower of monkshood. cucurbit. ..."
5. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"[Bemet, Obs. anat. nouv. sur la tige des cucurbit., Bull. Herb. Boiss., 2" sér., v,
1905, p. 312 ; and Comptes rendus Soc. bot. Genève. ..."
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