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Complete Definition of "cucurbitaceous"

English

Etymology
From L. term|cucurbita||gourd.

Pronunciation
IPA|/kju:k�:bɪ'teɪ��s/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��s|-eɪ��s

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc.

#*1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
#*:On he goes, gabbing, gabbing, recipes for preparing beets in a hundred tasty ways, or such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Ernest Pudding�s Gourd Surprise

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