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Definition of Genus Cucurbita
1. Noun. Type genus of the Cucurbitaceae.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Cucurbitaceae, Family Cucurbitaceae, Gourd Family
Member holonyms: Autumn Pumpkin, Cucurbita Pepo, Pumpkin, Pumpkin Vine, Squash, Squash Vine, Cucurbita Pepo Melopepo, Summer Squash, Summer Squash Vine, Winter Squash, Winter Squash Plant, Cucurbita Maxima, Hubbard Squash, Cucurbita Maxima Turbaniformis, Turban Squash, Buttercup Squash, Buffalo Gourd, Calabazilla, Cucurbita Foetidissima, Missouri Gourd, Prairie Gourd, Prairie Gourd Vine, Wild Pumpkin
Terms within: Cucurbita Argyrosperma, Cucurbita Mixta, Cushaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cucurbita
Literary usage of Genus Cucurbita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"... Researches into the Specific Characters and the Varieties of the Genus
Cucurbita "1 are published in the 6th volume (4th series) of the ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"In general, they are the fruits of the plants belonging to the miscalled genus
Cucurbita, as now restricted by Meisner and End- licher. ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"... species of the genus Cucurbita ought to be worked out anew. The names of the
pumpkin and squash are no longer used precisely in their original sense. ..."
4. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1854)
"In general they are fruits of plants belonging to the miscalled genus Cucurbita,
as now restricted by Meisner and Endlicher. ..."
5. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Yearbook of Facts in Science and Art for edited by David Ames Wells (1852)
"In general, they are the fruits of the plants belonging to the miscalled genus
Cucurbita, as now restricted by Meisner and End- licher. ..."
6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... Squashes, Cucumbers and Melons, cultivated in many races belong to this genus.
Gourds belong to Cucurbita Lagenaria L., the type of the genus Cucurbita. ..."
7. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1904)
"In every other species of this genus, Cucurbita, the nucellus is too short to
reach quite up to the conductive tissue (eg, ..."
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