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CUCURBIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cucurbit mean?
• CUCURBIT (noun)
The noun CUCURBIT has 1 sense:
1. any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
Familiarity information: CUCURBIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("cucurbit" is a kind of...):
Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))
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