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Definition of Family Cucurbitaceae
1. Noun. A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin).
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Campanulales, Order Campanulales
Specialized synonyms: Cucurbit
Member holonyms: Gourd, Gourd Vine, Cucurbita, Genus Cucurbita, Genus Bryonia, Citrullus, Genus Citrullus, Cucumis, Genus Cucumis, Ecballium, Genus Ecballium, Genus Lagenaria, Lagenaria, Genus Luffa, Genus Momordica, Momordica
Derivative terms: Cucurbitaceous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Cucurbitaceae
Literary usage of Family Cucurbitaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"family Cucurbitaceae. Gourd Family. These plants are all herbaceous vines, climbing
by means of tendrils. The leaves are alternate, and usually palmately ..."
2. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"Gourd Family (Cucurbitaceae).-—This family includes the Gourds, Pumpkins, Squashes,
Melons, and Cucumbers. The flowers are epigynous, and the plants are ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) includes the pumpkin, squash, melon, and a few
feral species. Example, the star- cucumber (Sicyos angulatus), ..."
4. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"Cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae): cucumber, gourds, muskmelon, pumpkin, all types
of squash, and watermelon. • Tomato family (Solanaceae): eggplant, ..."
5. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) includes the pumpkin, squash, melon, and a few
feral species. Example, the star- cucumber (Sicyos angulatus), ..."
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